Last year, one of the titles that draw my attention towards it through its early concept and a quite catchy cover artwork was Catherynne M. Valente’s “Deathless”. I am looking forward for Tor Books to release “Deathless” at the end of this month, especially since I’ve learned about the title last year Catherynne M. Valente’s novel now has a very interesting trailer and a teasing synopsis.
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.
2 comments:
sounds magnificent! anything by Catherynne Valente is going to be awesome.
Indeed it sounds great. I am looking forward to read it :)
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