![]() This story tells the tale of Morozko, the frost king. His wife, Marina Ivanovna, the daughter of the Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan I, and their four children, Kolya, Sasha, Olga and Alyosha are huddled around the kitchen oven being told the story of the frost-demon by their housekeeper and nanny, Dunya. Pyotr is a Russian boyar, the lord of a remote village, Lesnaya Zemlya, on the outskirts of the forests. ![]() The novel begins with an introduction of Pyotr Vladimirovich's household. The full trilogy was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series. The Bear and the Nightingale was a finalist for the Locus Award, and Arden received nominations for the John W. The central character is a young girl, Vasya Petrovna, who is able to communicate with mythological creatures, at a time when Orthodox Christianity is attempting to stamp out all belief in such beings. The Bear and the Nightingale is set in medieval Russia and incorporates elements of Russian folklore. It is Arden's debut novel, and the first novel in the Winternight trilogy. The Bear and the Nightingale is a historical fantasy novel written by Katherine Arden. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods.Ītmospheric and enchanting, with an engrossing adventure at its core, The Bear and the Nightingale is perfect for readers of Naomi Novik's Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church.īut for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories.
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