Deathless
A glorious retelling of the Russian folktale Marya Morevna and Koschei the Deathless, set in a mysterious version of St. Petersburg during the first half of the 20th century.
A glorious retelling of the Russian folktale Marya Morevna and Koschei the Deathless, set in a mysterious version of St. Petersburg during the first half of the 20th century.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781780338477 (1780338473)
Publish date: November 22nd 2012
Publisher: Corsair
Pages no: 273
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
War,
Fairy Tales,
Russia,
Mythology,
Folklore
Series: Deathless (#1)
Hey guys, I hope you all are having a great day and this is my review to Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente. Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on throu...
32. DEATHLESS, BY CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE (Book 1 of Deathless)This one was recommended to me by one of my friends after I told her I liked fairytale retellings. This is, very obviously, a Russian story, so I was very surprised at how well I knew it. Not all of the stories told in here, many of the cr...
Fairy tales never die. They just get retold. I suspect it's because fairy tales have a little piece of truth at their core that keeps them ever-relevant. Last year, I had the pleasure of reading Angela Carter's short story collection, The Bloody Chamber, which retold a number of European fairy tales...
Deathless is quite a depressing book, in a way, but nonetheless a fantastic read. The story is mainly set in St. Petersburg, the city with ever-changing name, in one of the darkest (if not the darkest) periods of Russian history, spanning the time from the pre-Revolutionary era to the aftermath of...
Deathless is quite a depressing book, in a way, but nonetheless a fantastic read.The story is mainly set in St. Petersburg, the city with ever-changing name, in one of the darkest (if not the darkest) periods of Russian history, spanning the time from the pre-Revolutionary era to the aftermath of th...
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