The Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey

Eowyn Ivey skillfully spins a compelling tale of marriage and survival in Alaska in the 1920s out of a Russian folk tale of the Snow Maiden, Snegurochka.

by M. Bijman

August 2, 2017

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Eowyn Ivey was raised in Alaska, was educated there, and lives there. Ivey was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for this, her first novel. Particularly because this is a debut novel, I read it very critically, but it is excellent. It takes some skill to spin a compelling tale of marriage and survival in Alaska in the 1920s out of a Russian folk tale of The Snow Maiden, Snegurochka, in which the sweet Snow Maiden is born out of snow and comes to bring joy to a childless couple, until she eventually melts and disappears. This is different from The Snow Child folk tale. (Continue reading…)

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