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Blood Red Snow White
Publisher: RoaringBrookPress
Release Date: October 25th 2016
Genre: Young Adult, HistoricalFiction, Russia,
Fairy Tales
Synopsis:
It is 1917, and the world is tearing itself to pieces
in a dreadful war, but far to the east of the trenches, another battle is breaking out
- the Russian Revolution has just begun...
Blood Red, Snow White captures the mood of
this huge moment in history through the adventure of one man who was in the middle of
it all; Arthur Ransome, a young British journalist who had first run away to Russia
to collect fairy tales.
Told as three linked novellas, part one captures
the days of revolution but retells the story as Russian Fairy Tale, with typical humour
and unashamed brutality. Part two is a spystory, set over the course of one evening,
as Ransome faces up to his biggest challenge, and part three is a lovestory, full
of tragedy and hope, as every good Russian love story should be.
REVIEW
I received an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book was quite a surpise. Not too much historical fiction and not too much of a fairy tale. Through the three novellas we see the Russian Revolution through different scopes, we learn more about true love and how, sometimes, myths and legends can also be true.
I liked the premise of the book and honestly with that cover the book should be more known. This was my first book of this writer and I am quite excited to see and read more of his writing!
This book was quite a surpise. Not too much historical fiction and not too much of a fairy tale. Through the three novellas we see the Russian Revolution through different scopes, we learn more about true love and how, sometimes, myths and legends can also be true.
I liked the premise of the book and honestly with that cover the book should be more known. This was my first book of this writer and I am quite excited to see and read more of his writing!
About the author:
Marcus Sedgwick was born in Kent, England. Marcus
is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He is the author of
several books, including Witch Hill and The Book of Dead Days, both of which were nominated fort he
Edgar Allan Poe Award. The most recent of the senominations rekindled a
fascination with Poe that has borne fruit here in (inThe Restless Dead, 2007)
the form of "The Heart of Another" - inspired by Poe's "The Tell-Tale
Heart." Of hisstory, Sedgwick says, "This was one of those stories that I
thought might be a novel originally but actually was much better suited to
the tight form of the short story. I had the initial idea
some years ago but was just waiting for the right ingredient to come along. Poe's story,
as well as his own fascination with technique, providedthat final piece of
the puzzle."
He used to
play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA
tribute group. He has published novels such as Floodland (winner of
theBranfordBoaseAward in 2001) and The Dark Horse
(shortlisted forThe Guardian Children's Book Award 2002).
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