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Deathless (Leningrad Diptych #1)

Catherynne M. Valente

Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages

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Title	:	Deathless (Leningrad Diptych #1)
Author	:	Catherynne M. Valente
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	March 29th 2011 by Tor Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mythology. Fairy Tales. Cultural. Russia

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Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century. Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation.

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Original Title:	Deathless
ISBN:	0765326302 (ISBN13: 9780765326300)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Leningrad Diptych #1
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2012), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2012), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2011), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit (2014)

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You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews. On the face of it, this seems to be a very simple fairy tale story albeit with astonishingly gorgeous prose. Valante's wordsmithing is art; I think I ended up with over 50 bookmarks. Also, the delicate story within a story within a story is so precise that it could be easy to ignore or miss without the relevant prerequisite knowledge about the history of Russia. This story does not wander, it is cyclical. It embraces a

Slavic folklore is just as interesting and rich as any other and Catherynne M. Valente knows how to bring it to life.We enter this magical world in 1918, when the protagonist, Marya, is just 10 years old. And we leave it, in the same place (though everything has changed) in 1952. Marya lives in a house in Petrograd (which is Leningrad, which is St. Petersburg - the name usually telling you when you are there as the city has been renamed in different periods throughout Russian history). Since

Re-Read 7/13//18:Valente is always worth re-reading IMHO. And other than making a few grand sweeping comments about birds and husbands, I have nothing to add to this marvelous piece of literature. The land of the dead versus the land of life in Russia. Mythology versus societal upheaval. Love, love, love, and none of it innocent. Just like Russia. ;)Original Review:Breathtaking, quintessential Valente, making what might be a fairy tale into a gorgeously Russian love story between one unlucky

Wish I could write a decent review of this book but I have no idea what happened for most of it (sorry Goodreads friends!) From other reviews I can see that Deathless dives into Russian mythology. Unfortunately I literally have no clue what happened for most of the book, and by the middle half I flipped through the remaining pages just so I could mark it as read and count it toward my Goodreads reading challenge (trying to be honest about my motivations and lack of comprehension here).

In Deathless, Catherynne Valente ambitiously takes on the Russian tale of Koschei the Deathless, turning the traditional tale of the wicked bride-stealing Tsar of Life into a modern fable featuring one such bride, Marya Morevna, who learns to match Koschei in deviousness. The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe.

I really hate to give this such a low rating, but the book just left me cold. I had read the first chapter of it on tor.com and it seemed like it was going to be a really interesting book--I don't know much about Russian mythology and this seemed like an interesting way to test it out. But the rest of the book did not live up to the promise of the first chapter, in tone or characterization. I felt like the first chapter belonged in a completely different story from the rest of the book. I found

4 1/2 starsUndoubtedly this is one of the most brilliant things Ive read this year. Im coming to realize that that statement will probably apply to just about every Catherynne Valente I read. One of the major reasons that I didnt review this upon finishing it was that I just had no idea how I was going to possibly say anything coherent about something so over the top amazing. HOW? How do I explain that this is one of the most seamless, meaningful unions of fantasy and reality that Ive ever read?