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Enchantment
(Hardcover, 1999)
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Author: Orson Scott Card
Returning to his homeland in Russia, a young New Yorker rediscovers the site of a childhood vision, ...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0345416872
ISBN-13: 9780345416872
Apr 1999
Publisher: Del Rey
400 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Returning to his homeland in Russia, a young New Yorker rediscovers the site of a childhood vision, that of a young woman sleeping in a forest glade. She is still there, still sleeping, though when he kisses her, she wakes and takes him on a whirlwind trip more 1,000 years into a magical past where they are confronted with a powerful witch intent on destroying everyone and everything.
| Size | | Length: | 400 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
Moving between today's America and ninth-century Russia to save a princess.
Jansen
Intertwining the story of Sleeping Beauty with Russian mythology, Card (Homebody, etc.) creates an appealing though not potent fairy tale. Ten-year-old Ivan is terrified by, yet drawn to, a beautiful woman frozen in time in the middle of the primordial forest of Russia. More than a decade later, he returns and uses his prowess as a track-and-field star and a promise of marriage to rescue this princess. Echoes of Narnia sound (including some slightly preachy undertones) as Ivan is drawn back into the princess's time. He finds that he has no skills useful in the ninth century, and yet must find a way to defeat the witch Baba Yaga, who has harnessed the power of a god to take over Princess Katerina's kingdom. Ivan brings his betrothed into the modern world to keep her from Yaga's clutches and the pair learn to understand not only each other, but each other's powers and weapons. By the time they return to the fairy-tale world, they are armed with modern-day knowledge and aided by Ivan's relatives, who turn out to be minor Russian deities and witches. In an apparent desire to make his tale believable, Card leaches it of some of its magic, offering up the extraordinary as matter of fact, and his characters lack some of the depth that usually makes his writing so rewarding. His new look at a classic tale is clever, however, adding attractive whimsical twists and cultural confluences to a familiar story. Author tour. (Apr.)FYI: Card has won four Hugos, two Nebulas and one World Fantasy Award.
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