Grant calls it fantastic but 'dripping in imagery', in contrast with the sparing imagery of Japanese prose.
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portal to the unknownHesse's 1927 novel about a man torn between his civilized self and his wild 'wolf' nature. Tamir reads the Magic Theater passages to anchor the episode's theme of 'portals to the unknown'. Nev says the passage is almost a summary of her 16-17 years of shadow work.
