The old nordic religions talked about fimbulvetr, the large winter, that preceded the destruction of the world. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. The seasons change, and the harshest winter in memoryknown as a wolf winterdescends upon them. The book trail sweden cecilia ekback theres something. An extremely addictive tale wolf winter transports you into 1717 north sweden. Its the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal, he said. Cecilia ekback was born in sweden in a small northern town. The publisher of this book allows a portion of the content to be copied and pasted into external tools and documents. The cold is beyond imagining, as is the enveloping dark and the terrible hunger as stores diminish.
Above them looms blackasen, a mountain whose dark history haunts the lives of those in its shadow. Wolf winter by cecilia ekback hodder and stoughton. Ekback now lives in calgary, alberta, with her husband and twin daughters. 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. Buy wolf winter by ekback, cecilia, ekback, cecilia isbn. Wolf winter is a mesmerising debut novel by swedishborn, americanbased author cecilia ekback. Wolf winter book hennepin county library bibliocommons. 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. 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. Wolf winter is her first novel and she is at work on her second. Inevitably, wolf winter will be compared with hannah kents remarkable burial rites. 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.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bresnahans narration is clear, and the characters are easy to distinguish both by the readers voice and. Maija, her husband and their two daughters arrive from their native finland, hoping to forget the traumas of the past and put down roo. A winters tale some books are made for summer, and some for winter. Cecilia ekback was born in a small town in northern sweden. While herding the familys goats on the mountain, maijas elder daughter, frederika, stumbles across the. Over twenty years her work for a multinational took her to russia, germany, france, portugal, the middle east and the uk. As the snow gathers, the settlers secrets are increasingly laid bare. 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. In wolf winter, her first novel, she returns home to the landscape and the characters of her childhood.
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. Struggling to survive, the settlers are forced to come. A rich young woman incapable of living by the conventions of society. Wolf winter by cecilia ekback goodreads share book. Getting here had been though, what with the snow that seemed to envelop everything, even mu thoughts. Wolf winter cecilia ekback, 2015 weinstein publishing 376 pp. If there was ever a novel that was made for a cold, snowy night it is wolf winter, by cecilia ekback. In wolf winter, her first novel, she returns to the landscape and the characters of her childhood. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. 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. One of my worldreads from sweden one of my top ten books of 2015 how i got this book. I live in texas, and even down here you could feel chills coming off of this book. An orphaned boy brought up to serve the state as a man.
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. Ekback is a professional member of pen american center. Saskia sarginson, author of without you its rare to come across such an original, compelling and beautifully written novel. 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. 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. Neither is prepared for the journey into the heat, mystery, violence and disorienting perpetual. Wolf winter is a beautiful novel, full of wisdom and poetry. In september, we read wolf winter by cecilia ekback, a historical thriller set in lapland in 1717. As the seasons change, and the wolf winter, the harshest winter in memory, descends upon the settlers, paavo travels to find work, and maija finds herself struggling for her familys survival in this land of winterlong darkness. Set in 1717 sweden, the novel opens on frederika and dorthea who, along with their parents, have moved from finland to blackasen mountain. This novel is a testament that it is never too late to pursue your creative passion. Each month, the local swedens book club reads a different book with a swedish link. Wolf winter by cecilia ekback books hachette australia. Set in 1717, ekback s diverting debut focuses on a finnish familymaija harmaajarvi.