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Deathless

Catherynne M. Valente

283 pages

About this book

Set in an alternate version of St. Petersburg in the first half of the twentieth century, Marya Morevna, a clever child of the revolution, is transformed into the beautiful bride of Koschei the Deathless, a menacing overlord.

Themes
Dark & BroodingDreamlike & SurrealStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingMyth as political resistanceBeauty as a weaponReclaiming stolen narrativesRevolutionary metamorphosis
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