The Bear and the Nightingale
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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
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 Frost--in the lyrical first novel of the Winternight Trilogy."A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up."--Naomi 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 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, Vasya'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.
But 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. 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.
"[The Bear and the Nightingale] has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical."--The 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
Winternight trilogy and Little Spaces quartet author Katherine Arden is a New York Times bestselling author. She enjoys aimless travel, cultivating vegetables, and running wild through the woods with her dog in addition to creating novels. She currently resides in Vermont.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781101885956 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101885955 |
| Title | The Bear and the Nightingale |
| Author | Katherine Arden |
| Series | Winternight Trilogy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2017-06-27 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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