Novik’s last standalone book, “ Uprooted,” is a flawless and straightforward tale of a young woman’s awakening as a witch. The theft of summer, a burning demon who lives inside a prince, a witch’s hut in the woods, the secret power of names, the frozen winter road that winds its way through the depths of the forest - they’re all here.īut she also borrows our everyday truths: the way a family can disintegrate into violence, the way a ghetto can be disappeared, how the everyday persecution of Jews can erupt into mass violence, the magic of young children becoming people, the creation of food and clothing and blankets and shelter from plants and animals. Here Naomi Novik has gathered countless old tales and turned them into something all kinds of new. She grows a bit proud, and so draws the attention of a king of winter who wants her for her alchemy, to turn his wintry silver into summery gold.
Winter is growing longer each year in the countryside, where a 16-year-old girl - fretting because her mother is ill and her father is an inept moneylender - decides to take on collecting the debts herself, and immediately discovers that she is excellent at business.
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