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The Once and Future Witches: The spellbinding bestseller de Alix E. Harrow

The Once and Future Witches: The spellbinding bestseller

Autor Alix E. Harrow
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2021

În New Salem-ul anului 1893, vrăjitoria nu mai este o forță a naturii, ci o amintire palidă, conservată doar în rime de leagăn inofensive și mici farmece domestice. Descoperim în această carte o lume unde puterea feminină a fost sistematic domesticită, până când cele trei surori Eastwood — James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth și Beatrice Belladonna — decid să transforme lupta pentru vot într-o revoluție a magiei reînviate. Găsim aici un sistem magic fascinant, construit nu pe baghete sau formule abstracte, ci pe „cuvinte, căi și obiecte” (words, ways, and will), elemente care recuperează folclorul feminin și îl transformă într-o armă politică. Putem afirma că Alix E. Harrow reușește o construcție de lume remarcabilă, unde sufragetele nu cer doar dreptul de a vota, ci și dreptul de a stăpâni forțele vechi ale pământului. Ritmul narativ amintește de densitatea atmosferică din The Winter of the Witch de Katherine Arden, dar structura este cea a unui manifest feminist integrat într-o istorie alternativă riguroasă. Stilul autoarei este liric și expansiv, transformând fiecare vrajă într-un act de rezistență. Spre deosebire de antologia The Book of Witches de Jonathan Strahan, care explorează diverse fațete ale arhetipului vrăjitoarei, The Once and Future Witches se concentrează pe legătura indisolubilă dintre sororitate, maternitate și puterea de a rescrie destinul colectiv. Este o narațiune despre cum umbrele trecutului pot deveni aliați în lupta împotriva unei opresiuni foarte reale și contemporane.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780356512501
ISBN-10: 0356512509
Pagini: 516
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 42 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Orbit
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un fantasy istoric cu o puternică încărcătură socială. Veți câștiga o perspectivă inedită asupra mișcării sufragetelor, într-o poveste unde magia este o metaforă pentru vocea feminină redescoperită. Este o lectură densă despre legăturile de sânge și solidaritate, ideală pentru fanii prozei bogate, care transformă mitul în realitate politică.

Despre autor

Alix E. Harrow este o scriitoare americană de succes, fost cadru universitar, a cărei carieră literară a explodat odată cu câștigarea Premiului Hugo pentru proză scurtă. Debutul său, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, a fost nominalizat la premiile Hugo, Nebula și Locus, consacrând-o ca o voce distinctă în literatura speculativă contemporană. Locuiește în Kentucky, iar lucrările sale explorează adesea teme precum puterea poveștilor, istoria alternativă și rolul femeilor în societate, împletind rigoarea cercetării istorice cu o imaginație fantastică debordantă.

Recenzii

A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. I adore them, and long for witchcraft to awaken in all of us
A glorious escape into a world where witchcraft has dwindled to a memory of women's magic, and three wild, sundered sisters hold the key to bring it back . . . A tale that will sweep you away


The Once and Future Witches is a brilliant dazzle of a book. This story of sisters and witches, memory and power cracked open my heart and set down roots there. I devoured it in enormous gulps, and utterly loved it
A love letter to folklore and the rebellious women of history
This is a delightful, satisfying novel, a tale of women's battle for equality, of fairy tales twisted into wonderfully witchy spells, of magics both large and small, and history re-imagined. All of it is told in Alix Harrow's exquisite language and with her vivid characterisations - a great pleasure to read
Harrow is more than an author; she is a Wordsmith, a sorceress wielding a pen in place of a wand
A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through . . . absolutely enchanting
The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn't even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up, and everything we fight to keep along the way
Glorious . . . A tale that will sweep you away
A breathtaking book - brilliant and raw and dark and complicated. It is also, to be blunt, uncannily relevant
Compelling, exhilarating and magical - a must read
Nothing short of bewitching . . . This may be a story about fairy tales but gone are the fair maidens in distress, gone are the evil crones, and gone are the fragile mothers - here is a tale about witches who will ignite the world
The storytelling is a joyful kind of magic. Alix E. Harrow has a beautifully dreamy style that is irresistible, even at the book's darkest moments, and her imagination feels limitless . . . this book is an infectious celebration of courage and wonder that feels like a massive, life affirming hug
One of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read

Dark and spellbinding, with vivid, unforgettable characters and writing that will take your breath away . . . you won't want to end. It is a rare book worth its weight in magic and moonbeams and stardust. Without a doubt, one of the best books of the year
I unabashedly, unreservedly adore The Once and Future Witches. I adore it with the kind of passion that prickles at my eyes and wavers my voice
The Once and Future Witches showcases all the qualities of Harrow's writing that made her debut such a joy to read . . . Never less than absorbing and often moving. This is a big novel with a big heart
The magical tale of imperfect heroines, fractured sisterhood, and shadowy undying villains you never knew you needed. Alix Harrow crafts a delightfully bewitching story with familiar but ingeniously recrafted histories and deft worldbuilding as rich as the prose that leaps off the page. This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen
It's rare that a story truly feels like magic, but such is the case with Alix E. Harrow's lush and enchanting The Once and Future Witches. Part period piece, part celebration of sisterhood, and part feminist manifesto, the story is a love letter to women of all kinds, everywhere

Notă biografică

A former academic and adjunct, Alix E. Harrow is now a full-time writer living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral kids. She is the author of Hugo Award-winning short fiction and her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January was shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. Find her on Twitter at @AlixEHarrow.

Descriere

"A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. "―Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel - Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books - Barnes and Noble - BookPage In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote―and perhaps not even to live―the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be. An homage to the indomitable power and persistence of women, The Once and Future Witches reimagines stories of revolution, motherhood, and women's suffrage--the lost ways are calling. Praise for The Once and Future Witches: "A glorious escape into a world where witchcraft has dwindled to a memory of women's magic, and three wild, sundered sisters hold the key to bring it back...A tale that will sweep you away."―Yangsze Choo, New York Times bestselling author "This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen."―P. Djèlí Clark, author The Black God's Drum For more from Alix E. Harrow, check out The Ten Thousand Doors of January.