Spinning Silver: A rich and enchanting fairytale retelling
Jul 2018 · Pan Macmillan
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'I couldn’t put it down'– Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight trilogy
Rumours have drawn unexpected attention – and now her life hangs in the balance. From the author of the award-winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver is a rich, original tale inspired by the folktale of Rumpelstiltskin.
Will dark magic claim their home?
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village.
Her success creates a rumour that she can turn silver into gold, attracting the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge – and if she fails, she will die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. And, in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord . . .
Irina’s father schemes to wed her to the tsar – he will pay any price to achieve this goal. However, the dashing tsar is not what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of mortals and winter alike.
Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and Irina embark on a quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power and love.
'I loved this book so much' – Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
'A gorgeous read. The sort of book one reads again and again' – Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library series
Rumours have drawn unexpected attention – and now her life hangs in the balance. From the author of the award-winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver is a rich, original tale inspired by the folktale of Rumpelstiltskin.
Will dark magic claim their home?
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village.
Her success creates a rumour that she can turn silver into gold, attracting the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge – and if she fails, she will die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. And, in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord . . .
Irina’s father schemes to wed her to the tsar – he will pay any price to achieve this goal. However, the dashing tsar is not what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of mortals and winter alike.
Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and Irina embark on a quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power and love.
'I loved this book so much' – Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
'A gorgeous read. The sort of book one reads again and again' – Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library series
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4.5
32 reviews
Mila Hopea
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February 5, 2023
What an amazing and special story! You will not have the slightest inclination of where the plot is taking you, nor what the rules are until you find out. The only thing I did not enjoy is the simplistic writing - "then we went there and then we said this and then we put it there and then we did that". It made the book rather bothersome to get through, therefore only 4 and not 5 stars.
Aristeidis Tsialos
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August 4, 2018
Another wonderful fairy tale from Naomi Novik. Like uprooted it's inspired
by eastern European folklore but with an entirely fresh point of view.
Highly recommend
Jessica Roberts
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August 29, 2022
2.5 rounded up, I really don't understand the hype, it fell flat for me
About the author
Naomi Novik is the acclaimed author of the Temeraire series and the Nebula-winning novel Uprooted, a fantasy influenced by the Polish fairy tales of her childhood. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. She lives in New York City with her family and six computers.
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