apathetice
Since: Jan, 2011
#2: Oct 5th 2018 at 8:19:54 AM
Sorry for the belated reply. There's The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (vaguely based on Czarist Russia), Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Medieval Poland), both of which have some romance, and the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, which I haven't read. All are available as audiobooks from Audible. I'll edit this post if I think of any others.
Journey before destination.
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So, I have a huge appreciation of and sense of wonder when dealing with pretty much any culture I come across, honestly (although I feel I focus a lot of attention on Germanic and Celtic culture, so...)
Anyways, I really feel like Slavic culture has been getting the short end of the stick. I mean, they're too foreign for most people who write traditional Medieval European Fantasy, but too "white" (which, to me, seems kinda a tiny bit racist, but I don't think it's intentional, so I won't judge) for people who are trying to write unconventional fantasy.
Of course, getting the short end of the stick is nothing new for Slavs. Anyone familiar with Slavic history will know that they've been getting the short end of the stick pretty much ever since there was a stick (in fact, they were some of the most persecuted people in Europe until the Europeans discovered that people with different skin colors existed), but that's beside the point.
To the point: I recently learned about Slavic Fantasy, and I was wondering if you guys knew of any good books from the genre I could check out.
I'd just google it, but I kinda wanted to see people's inputs and recommendations with my tastes sort of in mind, so...
Thanks!
Edited by SomethingRandom113 on Sep 2nd 2018 at 4:51:10 AM
Umm... so, I was here, I guess. If I wasn't, someone hacked my account. So, yeah.