As the village’s defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed - to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse’s most frightening tales. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village.īut Vasya’s stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. Fiercely devout, Vasya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. Then Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales.
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“A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.” (Naomi Novik, best-selling author of Uprooted) “Vasya a clever, stalwart girl determined to forge her own path in a time when women had few choices.Katherine Arden’s best-selling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. “Arden’s debut novel has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical.” The Bear and the Nightingale is a wonderfully layered novel of family and the harsh wonders of deep winter magic.” “An extraordinary retelling of a very old tale.
an immersive, earthy story of folk magic, faith, and hubris, peopled with vivid, dynamic characters, particularly clever, brave Vasya, who outsmarts men and demons alike to save her family.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ( Read full review) ★ “Arden has shaped a world that neatly straddles the seen and the unseen, where readers will hear echoes of stories from childhood while recognizing the imagination that has transformed old material into something fresh.”
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with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate.” will enchant readers from the first page. This is the image that got me writing in the first place. Essay Chapter 1, First DraftĪn early scribble of the first chapter. What Marina was doing before she came in out of the rain in Chapter 1. As the village’s defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed-to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse’s most frightening tales. Amazon’s #1 pick for the year’s best science fiction and fantasy in 2017
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