I live in texas, and even down here you could feel chills coming off of this book. The publisher of this book allows a portion of the content to be copied and pasted into external tools and documents. Buy wolf winter by cecilia ekback from waterstones today. An orphaned boy brought up to serve the state as a man. A rich young woman incapable of living by the conventions of society. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. One of my worldreads from sweden one of my top ten books of 2015 how i got this book. Wolf winter book hennepin county library bibliocommons. The old nordic religions talked about fimbulvetr, the large winter, that preceded the destruction of the world. This novel is a testament that it is never too late to pursue your creative passion. As the snow gathers, the settlers secrets are increasingly laid bare. Bresnahans narration is clear, and the characters are easy to distinguish both by the readers voice and. To say that life is harsh there is a quite an understatement and reading about how the settlers manage to survive in such a hostile environment is what makes the book so fascinating. Above them looms blackasen, a mountain whose dark history haunts the lives of those in its shadow.
The book trail sweden cecilia ekback theres something. While herding the familys goats on the mountain, maijas elder daughter, frederika, stumbles across the. Inevitably, wolf winter will be compared with hannah kents remarkable burial rites. The cold is beyond imagining, as is the enveloping dark and the terrible hunger as stores diminish. In september, we read wolf winter by cecilia ekback, a historical thriller set in lapland in 1717. Wolf winter by cecilia ekback hodder and stoughton. Neither is prepared for the journey into the heat, mystery, violence and disorienting perpetual. Cecilia ekback was born in sweden in a small northern town. Getting here had been though, what with the snow that seemed to envelop everything, even mu thoughts.
Ekback is a professional member of pen american center. Wolf winter is a mesmerising debut novel by swedishborn, americanbased author cecilia ekback. Wolf winter is set in 18th century sweden, and follows maija and her family through a resettlement in a remote village, and the discovery of a murder, on the eve of a brutal winter. Wolf winter is a book that creeps up on you slowly, before you realise it youve read the whole thing and its been 8 hours. The story the book tells is very interesting, and about a time and a culture i had no knowledge of befor e picking up this book. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Wolf winter is a beautiful novel, full of wisdom and poetry. Cecelia ekback s atmospheric, tense and brooding debut, wolf winter, opens in high summer, but the discovery of a mutilated body augurs the dark season to come. Maija, her husband paavo and her daughters frederika and dorotea arrive from their native finland, hoping to forget the traumas of their past and put down new roots in this harsh but beautiful land. Deemed a wolf attack by the group of suspiciously unconcerned villagers, concern about the true happenings falls to maija, who believes the man was murdered. In wolf winter, her first novel, she returns home to the landscape and the characters of her childhood. A winters tale some books are made for summer, and some for winter. Wolf winter cecilia ekback, 2015 weinstein publishing 376 pp.
Its the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal, he said. In sweden, a wolf winter is a particularly long and brutal season, the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal mortal and alone. Wolf winter by cecilia ekback books hachette australia. Buy wolf winter by ekback, cecilia, ekback, cecilia isbn.
Wolf winter by cecilia ekback goodreads share book. Struggling to survive, the settlers are forced to come. If there was ever a novel that was made for a cold, snowy night it is wolf winter, by cecilia ekback. Fimbulvetr happened when fenrisulven, the wolf of the wolves, had eaten the sun wolf winter is dedicated to the women in our family who dont sleep. The seasons change, and the harshest winter in memoryknown as a wolf winterdescends upon them. Maija, her husband and their two daughters arrive from their native finland, hoping to forget the traumas of the past and put down roots in this harsh but beautiful land. During her teens, she worked as a journalist and after university specialised in marketing. Wolf winter is her first novel and she is at work on her second. Interesting read, hard to get going but stick with it. Ekback now lives in calgary, alberta, with her husband and twin daughters. Set in 1717, ekback s diverting debut focuses on a finnish familymaija harmaajarvi.