Black Spring
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Lina is enchanting, vibrant but wilful. And her eyes betray her for what she truly is – a witch. With her childhood companion, Damek, she has grown up privileged and spoiled and the pair are devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But times are changing. Vendetta is coming. And tragedy is stalking the halls of the Red House.
Black Spring is a stunning new novel by award-winning Australian poet and author Alison Croggon. Inspired by the Gothic horror classic Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, this gripping story of love, lust, magic and betrayal is the perfect book for young adult fiction readers and fans of sophisticated fantasy. Alison can be found online: http://www.alisoncroggon.com/
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Croggon (the Pellinor series) returns with an homage to Wuthering Heights, trading the English moors of the original for the remote northern wilds of Elbasa, a land of powerful wizards and strict rules concerning vendetta. In language and pitch, the pastiche is spot on: the mincing southern fop (Hammel, in Croggon's tale) and the pragmatic serving woman with hidden depths (Anna, standing in for Bront 's Nelly) are captured in detail and in general through their narrative voices. It's a fantasy setting, but Croggon maintains the north/south, high/low, and male/female class divisions Bront explores; Lina, born a witch, takes the place of Catherine, while "swarthy" Damek il Haran has his analogue in Heathcliff. The plot, in its essentials, is identical. And therein lies the potential rub: the story does not have its own inherent propulsion. The conflict is patterned, not driven it isn't discovering something new. Does it matter? In a tale as well written as this one, probably not. Devotees of Bront 's original work will still enjoy Croggon's amplification of the story's supernatural elements. Ages 14 up.
