71: The snow child

The snow child
af Eowyn Ivey

427 sider
2012
eg.
engelsk
god/fantastisk


fra amazon:
A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska.

Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start for themselves in a homestead 'at the world's edge' in the raw Alaskan wilderness. But as the days grow shorter, Jack is losing his battle to clear the land, and Mabel can no longer contain her grief for the baby she lost many years before.
The evening the first snow falls, their mood unaccountably changes. In a moment of tenderness, the pair are surprised to find themselves building a snowman - or rather a snow girl - together. The next morning, all trace of her has disappeared, and Jack can't quite shake the notion that he glimpsed a small figure - a child? - running through the spruce trees in the dawn light. And how to explain the little but very human tracks Mabel finds at the edge of their property?
Written with the clarity and vividness of the Russian fairytale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic - the story of a couple who take a child into their hearts, all the while knowing they can never truly call her their own.


Jeg kendte lidt til den russiske oprindelig eventyr inden jeg læste denne bog, så jeg var ret spændt på, hvilken slags bog denne var.
Det tog lidt tid inden jeg rigtig faldt for historien, men da jeg først var faldet, var det svært at ligge den fra sig. jeg kan godt lide bøger om nybyggere, og på mange måder er denne en traditionel en af slagsen. Men snepigen giver historien et magisk skær af noget overjordisk. Det er svært at sige meget mere uden at røbe for meget. En meget læsværdig bog