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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Enchantment. A retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, this story is set in modern times. Ivan is wandering in the forest when he stumbles upon the sleeping Katerina, a princess from a world that vanished ages ago. As Ivan and Katerina encounter the absolute strangeness of each other's worlds, they also try to decide how they feel about each other. Rating 4 of 5. I love retold fairy tales and the way this one worked in several different stories. The characters are great, too! (  )vanedow | Jun 5, 2009 |   A modernized, Russian version of Sleeping Beauty. As usual with Card books, this is about people and relationships, particularly family relationships. I really enjoyed this for the story and the way that the characters grew into it, without really changing. Its a bit different for Card, but still excellent. ( )Karlstar | May 26, 2009 | This book has everything; fairytales with a modern twist, time travel, romance, magic, adventure... Overall a great read. (  )Rubbah | Apr 9, 2009 | 1  A fun take on a classic fairy tale. Plus, you can't go too far wrong with a linguist as your main character. (  )Katya0133 | Mar 20, 2009 | I didn't know Card wrote fantasy until I saw this book in the store. I really liked Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, so I thought I'd give this a try. Enchantment is loosely based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty...but really the novel is a dialogue between traditional fairy tales, Russian folk myths such as Baba Yaga, and cultural identity (Jewishness, Americanness, Russianness, etc.). Plus, it's a really good story. There's romance, time travel, magic, revenge, a battle between good and evil, and a talking bear. What's not to like? ladyc72385 | Mar 11, 2009 | 0.062 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345416880, Mass Market Paperback)Enchantment is the story of a Ukraine-born, American grad student who finds himself transported to the ninth century to play the prince in a Russian version of Sleeping Beauty. Early in the story, he muses that in a French or English retelling of the tale, the prince and princess would live happily ever after. But, "only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale."Although his fears turn out to be warranted, as he and his cursed princess contend with the diabolical witch Baba Yaga--easily Russia's best pre-Khrushchev villain--to save the princess's kingdom, Enchantment is ultimately a sweet story. Mixing magic and modernity, the acclaimed Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) has woven threads of history, religion, and myth together into a convincing, time-hopping tale that is part love story, part adventure. Enchantment's heroes, "Prince" Ivan and Princess Katerina, must deal with cross-cultural mores, ancient gods, treacherous kinsmen (and fianceés), and ultimately Baba Yaga herself. Card has a knack for coming across like your nerdy dad at times, when he runs on too long or makes some particularly wince-inducing observation or reference ("Daaad, Bruce Cockburn is not cool!"). But, as you might expect of a good dad, as uncool as he might be, Card still manages to tell a good bedtime story. --Paul Hughes (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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