Spinning Silver

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Spinning Silver is a fantasy novel by Naomi Novik that reimagines the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale through a dark, character-driven story about debt, power, and magic in a wintry Eastern European–inspired setting.

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instanceOf fantasy novel
novel
author Naomi Novik NERFINISHED
authorBirthName Naomi Novik NERFINISHED
authorNationality American
awardNomination Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel NERFINISHED
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature NERFINISHED
Nebula Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
basedOn Rumpelstiltskin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive reviews
genre dark fantasy
fairy tale retelling
fantasy
hasConflict human realm versus Staryk winter king
political intrigue in a mortal kingdom
hasElement bargains with supernatural beings
fae-like Staryk creatures
political marriage
wintry setting
hasMagicSystem bargain-based magic
language English
literarySetting Eastern European–inspired fantasy world
mainCharacter Irina NERFINISHED
Miryem NERFINISHED
Wanda NERFINISHED
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
narrativeStyle multiple first-person narrators
notableFor Jewish-coded heroine
complex female protagonists
reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin
pageCountApproximate 450–500 pages
publicationYear 2018
publisher Del Rey Books NERFINISHED
relatedWork Uprooted NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
theme antisemitism
bargains
debt
family
identity
magic
power

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Naomi Novik notableWork Spinning Silver