A beautiful fairytale full of magic for fans of Naomi Novik, Erin Morgenstern and Philip Pullman
Born in Austin, Texas, Katherine Arden has always had a taste for
wandering. She spent her junior year of high school in Rennes,
France.
Following her acceptance to Middlebury College in Vermont, she
deferred enrolment for a year in order to live and study in Russia.
At Middlebury, she specialized in French and Russian literature,
and her studies included sojourns at the Sorbonne in Paris and the
Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow.
After receiving her BA, she moved to Maui, Hawaii and worked every
kind of odd job imaginable, from grant writing and guiding horse
tours to serving as a personal tour guide. During this time she
wrote what became her debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale.
After a year on the island, she moved to Brian on, France, and
spent nine months teaching. She then returned to Maui, where she
began writing The Girl in the Tower, the sequel to her debut, and
officially launched her career as an author. Currently she lives in
Vermont.
She is the author of the Winternight Trilogy for adults and the
Small Spaces Quartet for children.
beautiful literary fairytale...incredibly lyrical prose...a joy to
read. Arden opens her imagination wide and succeeds in transporting
the reader to an evocative world...with a heroine it's impossible
not to love...
*Stylist*
[A]n enchanting wintertime read... fierce and otherworldly[.]
*Psychologies Magazine*
Wonderfully inventive
*Heat Magazine*
Arden’s debut novel has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but
is darker and more lyrical. The novel is deceptively simple, but
its characters and plot are sophisticated and complex. Arden
explores what happens when fear and ignorance whip people into a
furore, and how society can be persuaded to act against its own
interests so easily. It’s a rather apt tale for our times.
*Washington Post*
An extraordinary retelling of a very old tale. A Russian setting
adds a unfamiliar spice to the story of a young woman who does not
rebel against the limits of her role in her culture so much as
transcend them. A wonderfully layered novel of family roles and the
harsh wonders of deep winter magic.
*Robin Hobb*
A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the
sharp edges of growing up.
Haunting and lyrical, The Bear and the Nightingale tugs at the
heart and quickens the pulse. I can’t wait for her next book.
*Terry Brooks*
A thrilling tale...perfect...
*Emerald Street*
A beautiful snowy Russian fable set at the border between myth and
reality; a cast of demons, priests and royalty centre around a girl
fighting to find her own path. Magical, thrilling and
entrancing.
*Anna James*
...so detailed and vivid you can practically feel the chill numbing
your fingers. Beautifully written and richly textured, it’s a
beguiling read.
*SFX Magazine*
Arden’s debut is an earthy, beautifully written love letter to
Russian folklore, with an irresistible heroine ... [an] exciting
fairy tale that will enchant readers from the first page
*Publisher's Weekly*
Enthralling and enchanting – I literally couldn’t put it down. A
wondrous book!
*bestselling author of the Song of the Lionness Quartet*
The Bear and the Nightingale is a marvelous trip into an ancient
Russia where magic is a part of everyday life
*author of The Dragon Books*
beautifully wrought fairytale for adults...
*Writing Magazine*
Fairy tale lovers, if you’re going to read one fantasy book this
winter, let this be it.... beautiful debut
*www.bookish.com*
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