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The bear and the nightingale : a novel / Katherine Arden.
"At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind--she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil. After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows. And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or confinement in a convent. As danger circles nearer, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed--this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101885932 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
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A debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces. A first novel. - Baker & Taylor
"In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, Pytor hides the gift away and Vasya grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that, armed only with the necklace, she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A wild and willful young woman finds herself at the center of a tale of spirits, ancient evils, and the mysterious winter-king Frostâin the lyrical first novel of the Winternight Trilogy.
âA beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.ââNaomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted
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 nurseâs fairy tales. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil.
Then Vasyaâs widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vasyaâs stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village.
But Vasyaâs stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. As the villageâs defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealedâto protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurseâs most frightening tales.
â[The Bear and the Nightingale] has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical.ââThe Washington Post
Don't miss any of the Winternight Trilogy:
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE ⢠THE GIRL IN THE TOWER ⢠THE WINTER OF THE WITCH
