![]() ![]() And I was a good moneylender.” Her astonishing business skills earn her a reputation for being able to spin silver into gold - and thereby catches the eye of the king of the Staryk, the elvish personification of winter in the story’s Lithuanian-analogue fantasy world. “After that,” Miryem concludes dispassionately, “I was the moneylender in our town. So Miryem takes it upon herself to get the money back, going from door to door, “wrapped in coldness,” and demanding payment from all those who owe debts to her father. Her father isn’t a very good moneylender afraid of seeming harsh or cruel, he has given away his family’s money to people with no intention of paying it back, and now they are on the brink of starvation. ![]() But this fairy tale lets its heroine be both monster and princess, both gold-hoarding Rumpelstiltskin and virtuous miller’s daughter.Īctually, to be precise, Spinning Silver’s heroine Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter. Spinning Silver, a new YA fantasy from Naomi Novik, reads like a fairy tale you already know in your bones. ![]()
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