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Miryem was brought up in a snowbound village, on the edge of a charmed forest. She comes from a family of moneylenders, but her kind father shirks his work. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, his family faces poverty - until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what's owed, and her neighbours soon whisper that she can turn silver into gold. Then an ill-advised boast attracts the cold creatures that haunt the wood. Nothing will be the same again, for words have power. And the challenge she's issued will change the fate of a kingdom.Channelling the spirit of the original Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, Naomi Novik has written a rich, multi-layered fantasy about sacrifice, power and love that is a joy to read.
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Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Spinning Silver
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Naomi Novik
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1509899014
- ISBN13
- 9781509899012
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fairy Tales & Stories, Young Adult Fantasy, American Literature, Supernatural Beings, Jews, Demons, Winter, Cold, Tsars, Slavic Nations
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- Spinning Silver
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Miryem was brought up in a snowbound village, on the edge of a charmed forest. She comes from a family of moneylenders, but her kind father shirks his work. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, his family faces poverty - until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what's owed, and her neighbours soon whisper that she can turn silver into gold. Then an ill-advised boast attracts the cold creatures that haunt the wood. Nothing will be the same again, for words have power. And the challenge she's issued will change the fate of a kingdom.Channelling the spirit of the original Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, Naomi Novik has written a rich, multi-layered fantasy about sacrifice, power and love that is a joy to read.