'Silver' Spins Gold From The Moldiest Of Old Straw
Naomi Novik's new reimagining of "Rumpelstiltskin" digs deep into the anti-Semitism of the original story and drags out a warm, solid story about the nature of debt, friendship and hospitality.
Naomi Novik's is not a sequel to her 2015 novel though both are richly remade fairy tales set in fantastical versions of Eastern Europe with addictive voice work and characterizationIt's a sophisticated development of her short story by the same title published in the 2016 anthology — itself a brilliant reclamation of "Rumpelstiltskin," digging deep into that story's anti-Semitism)
