The Bear and the Nightingale A Novel
eBook - 2017
Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. “A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.”—Naomi Novik, bestselling author of UprootedWinter 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. 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 Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Fiercely devout, Vas...ya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village....
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- Published
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Random House Worlds
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- Overdrive Resource Page
- Format
- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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File Size | 8 GB |
ISBN | 9781101885949 |
Release Date | 1/10/2017 |
Kindle Book | |
ASIN | B00X2FDZKW |
Release Date | 1/10/2017 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
File Size | 7 GB |
ISBN | 9781101885949 |
Release Date | 1/10/2017 |