
Summary
Spinning Silver is a new take on the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin, from Naomi Novik, the author of the award-winning Uprooted.
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has left his family on the edge of poverty - until Miryem intercedes. Hardening her heart, she sets out to retrieve what is owed, and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. But when an ill-adv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509899043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509899049 |
| Author: | Naomi Novik |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 132mm x 204mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |

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Critics Review
Cool and clever and warm and satisfying and dire and wonderful; I loved this book so much – Laini Taylor, author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone
A book as cool and mysterious as a winter’s night, with two marvelous heroines at its heart. Spinning Silver pits the cold of endless winter against the fires of duty, love and sacrifice. I couldn’t put it down – Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy
Dauntless women, cruel lords and wayward fairies come together in a beautifully realised world. Brimming over with fairy-tale magic, SPINNING SILVER proves Naomi Novik to be a master fantasist at the top of her game – Zen Cho, author of Spirits Abroad
Lovely, intricate and strong. A gorgeous read. The sort of book one reads again and again – Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series
This gorgeous, complex, and magical novel … rises well above a mere modern re-imagining of classic tales … This is the kind of book that one might wish to inhabit forever – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
A remarkable achievement … Confirms a huge step forward for Novik – SFX Magazine, 5 Stars
Novik has created something that deserves to be a sure fire hit - a tale that’s ancient, contemporary, traditional and yet forward thinking – The Bookbag, 5 Stars
Novik outdoes herself in Spinning Silver … A fairy tale in the most epic of ways, but one with a strong, proud and beautiful heart at the centre of it – The Bookbag, 5 Stars
Enchanting, in every sense of that fine old word. A charming and inviting story that looks unflinchingly at the strangling roots of hurt and revenge – Robin Hobb, author of the Farseer trilogy, on Uprooted
I didn’t know how much I wanted to read a book like this until it was already in my hands. Uprooted has everything I love about Novik’s writing style, with the added bonus of some old world magic and the flavor of a dark faerie story – Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle, on Uprooted
The magic in Uprooted, with its realistic moral dimension, is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells. But the book will do that for you – Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea series, on Uprooted
Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine, new takes on old myths and legends, and surprising twists and turns. A delight – Cassandra Clare, author of Sword Catcher on Uprooted
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik is the acclaimed author of the Temeraire series and the Nebula-winning novel Uprooted, a fantasy influenced by the Polish fairy tales of her childhood. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. She lives in New York City with her family and six computers.
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