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| Title | : | The Snow Child |
| Author | : | Eowyn Ivey |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 404 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2012 by Reagan Arthur Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Magical Realism. Fairy Tales. Adult |
Eowyn Ivey
Kindle Edition | Pages: 404 pages Rating: 3.98 | 111698 Users | 14538 Reviews
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Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.
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| Original Title: | The Snow Child ASIN B004RD856M |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mabel, Jack, Snegurochka |
| Setting: | Alaska(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2013), Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut (2013), Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2014), The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2012), Specsavers National Book Award for International Author of the Year (2012) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2012) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 111698 Users | 14538 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books The Snow Child
A magical & classic fairytale story for adults! (bringing back memories of our childhood)Sister Read Review by Norma & BrendaTHE SNOW CHILD by EOWYN IVEY is a wonderful, heartwarming, sad, and beautifully told bewitching tale based on a Russian fairytale titled "Snegurochka", The Snow Maiden a girl who is believed to be half-human and half made of snow. This enchanting story had us both asking ourselves was there something magical happening here or not? Oh, but for us, thereNo warm blood in me doth glow,Water in my veins doth flow;Yet Ill laugh and sing and playBy frosty night and frosty dayLittle daughter of the Snow.But whenever I do knowThat you love me little, thenI shall melt away again.Back into the sky Ill goLittle daughter of the Snow. - An extract from Little Daughter of the Snow by Arthur Ransome.You can read the short story here.This book... it's a dream. An unhurried, ethereal, captivating dream - so captivating, that I cleared out my currently-reading
Thank you to the Goodreads community and my friends -- for the comments of inspiration while I was reading this book. When "The Snow Child" was first released in 2012, other that adoring the books cover, I was sure this book wasn't for me. I'm not sure why or what I thought it was -I just 'passed-it-over'. Well, for what's it's worth...I am more than pleasantly surprised to discover how MUCH I LIKE THIS BOOK. I don't seem to remember 'anyone' telling me it was a page turner.The blend of myth and
No warm blood in me doth glow,Water in my veins doth flow;Yet Ill laugh and sing and playBy frosty night and frosty dayLittle daughter of the Snow.But whenever I do knowThat you love me little, thenI shall melt away again.Back into the sky Ill goLittle daughter of the Snow. - An extract from Little Daughter of the Snow by Arthur Ransome.You can read the short story here.This book... it's a dream. An unhurried, ethereal, captivating dream - so captivating, that I cleared out my currently-reading
Is she real or is this just a fairy tale ? It didn't matter - the writing is just so amazing ! I felt the brutal cold , saw the landscape , felt the deep pain of Mabel & Jack and loved Faina . This will stay with me for a long time .
This is a beautifully written book. The Snow Child is inspired by the Russian folktale in which a childless elderly couple make a snowchild that comes to life as a young girl. Ivey's use of the folktale is multilayered and inventive, and works very well in the book's setting of Alaska in the 1920s.I cared about the characters, but I especially loved the depictions of the Alaskan wilderness throughout the seasons. The novel also pays homage to freedom and individuality, while at the same time
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