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| Title | : | Deathless (Leningrad Diptych #1) |
| Author | : | Catherynne M. Valente |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | March 29th 2011 by Tor Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mythology. Fairy Tales. Cultural. Russia |
Catherynne M. Valente
Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.01 | 15435 Users | 2381 Reviews
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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 through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century.Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation.
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| Original Title: | Deathless |
| ISBN: | 0765326302 (ISBN13: 9780765326300) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Leningrad Diptych #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2012), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2012), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2011), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2014) |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 15435 Users | 2381 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books Deathless (Leningrad Diptych #1)
Death, keep off, I am your enemy, and you will not deny me. Deathless is one of those books that consumes you at every moment, where it is in every one of your thoughts, and once you read the last word on the last page you say to yourself . . . I think I just read the best book of my life. I can see the crash from here. The hangover to end all hangovers. That is how powerful this book is. Five stars will never be enough for this story. Deathless is the retelling of the Russian/SlavicRe-Read 7/13//18:Valente is always worth re-reading IMHO. And other than making a few grand sweeping comments about birds and husbands, I have nothing to add to this marvelous piece of literature. The land of the dead versus the land of life in Russia. Mythology versus societal upheaval. Love, love, love, and none of it innocent. Just like Russia. ;)Original Review:Breathtaking, quintessential Valente, making what might be a fairy tale into a gorgeously Russian love story between one unlucky
I name Catherynne Valente an honorary Russian. She has a Russian soul, somehow; otherwise how could she have written this book?! This is a book about love. And life. Death. War. Loss. Hope. Despair. "Life is like that." I grew up with these characters - in so many Russian folk tales, in so many Russian movies. The story is always the same. The evil Koschei the Deathless and Baba-Yaga, the kidnapped Marya Morevna (or Yelena, or Vasilisa), the brave Ivan who rescues her... These stories have been
You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews. On the face of it, this seems to be a very simple fairy tale story albeit with astonishingly gorgeous prose. Valante's wordsmithing is art; I think I ended up with over 50 bookmarks. Also, the delicate story within a story within a story is so precise that it could be easy to ignore or miss without the relevant prerequisite knowledge about the history of Russia. This story does not wander, it is cyclical. It embraces a
Deathless is a hauntingly beautiful novel that will stay with you forever!Life is often full of beauty and joy. But life can also be cruel and painful at times. So it is only natural that the Czar of Life embodies both the wonderful and the terrible aspects of life. As a young girl, Marya Morevna captured the attention of the Czar of Life, the entity she's heard referred to in hushed whispers as Koschei the Deathless. And when Marya became a young woman, Koschei in turn captured her heart. After
This book is beautifully written but try as I might, I probably couldn't tell you what it's about. It feels like a series of stories, some eerie and some not, twisted up into Russian history where it's hard to tell what's real and what's not. The characters don't even feel like characters, just part of a set and not people that I got to know. But again, the writing is breathtaking and I feel small pieces of this story will stick with me.
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