Silver in the Wood
Book description
Winner of the 2020 World Fantasy Award!
From Astounding Award winner and Crawford Award finalist Emily Tesh
An ALA RUSA Reading List Selection
"A true story of the woods, of the fae, and of the heart. Deep and green and wonderful.”—New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik
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This novella has some of my favorite descriptions of the natural world and I love how it plays with its protagonist’s sense of time.
The lead character and his relationship to the forest draw from the mythology of the Green Man, and it’s a fantastic example of how much the narration style can be affected by the viewpoint character.
Tesh’s pose is dreamlike and slow, and all of its elements—the plot, the characters, the relationships—unfold slowly, like winter melting into spring.
Stories rife with forest magic and characters who learn to let go of past hurts are two of my…
From Elizabeth's list on queer fairy tale retellings for teens.
In most books, the mysterious figure in the woods is there solely to help the hero on his or her journey. When it comes to the Wild Man of Greenhollow, however, he has his own journey to take.
This novella feels more like an old-school fairy tale than anything else I've ever read. If you want to understand what the word "lyrical" really means, this is the book to show you. (For the record, the World Fantasy Awards agrees with me on this). There's a sequel that gives you more to the story, but this is the only book that…
From Jenniffer's list on side characters who got their own stories.
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