Snow

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A magnificent love story and powerful tale of religious fanaticism, from the internationally bestselling Nobel laureate. 'Not only an engrossing feat of tale-spinning, but essential reading for our times.' Margaret Atwood, The New York Times 'A major work. . . with suspense at every dimpled vortex.' John Updike, The New Yorker 'Powerful. . . astonishingly timely.' Vogue 'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph An exiled poet returns to the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border to investigate troubling reports of a suicide epidemic among its young women. While there, he reconnects with the beautiful Ipek, and finds himself drawn irresistibly back into their love story. But Kars has become a touchpoint for religious and political violence and religious extremists are poised to win the local elections. As the snow falls and suspicion mounts, the stage is set for a terrible and desperate act . . .

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A magnificent love story and powerful tale of religious fanaticism, from the internationally bestselling Nobel laureate. 'Not only an engrossing feat of tale-spinning, but essential reading for our times.' Margaret Atwood, The New York Times 'A major work. . . with suspense at every dimpled vortex.' John Updike, The New Yorker 'Powerful. . . astonishingly timely.' Vogue 'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph An exiled poet returns to the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border to investigate troubling reports of a suicide epidemic among its young women. While there, he reconnects with the beautiful Ipek, and finds himself drawn irresistibly back into their love story. But Kars has become a touchpoint for religious and political violence and religious extremists are poised to win the local elections. As the snow falls and suspicion mounts, the stage is set for a terrible and desperate act . . .

Of all weathers, snow is the one that has always affected Marcus Sedgwick the most. While many people's idea of the perfect holiday involves sun, sea an sand, he instead makes trips to cold, snowy parts of the world: Russia, Scandinavia or the Arctic Circle. A few years ago he bought a mountain home, an old chalet d'alpage high in the Haute Savoie, and for the first time he began to understand what it is to live in an environment where extreme snowfall is frequent.Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters, each exploring the art, literature and science of snow, as well as his own experiences and memories, asking whether it really did snow more during his boyhood in Kent and whether changing climate patterns might mean,that for some areas of the world, snow may become a thing of the past. He also wonders why snow is so powerful for our imagination, so transformative and as fundamental as our response to darkness, to sunlight.

Of all weathers, snow is the one that has always affected Marcus Sedgwick the most. While many people's idea of the perfect holiday involves sun, sea an sand, he instead makes trips to cold, snowy parts of the world: Russia, Scandinavia or the Arctic Circle. A few years ago he bought a mountain home, an old chalet d'alpage high in the Haute Savoie, and for the first time he began to understand what it is to live in an environment where extreme snowfall is frequent.Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters, each exploring the art, literature and science of snow, as well as his own experiences and memories, asking whether it really did snow more during his boyhood in Kent and whether changing climate patterns might mean,that for some areas of the world, snow may become a thing of the past. He also wonders why snow is so powerful for our imagination, so transformative and as fundamental as our response to darkness, to sunlight.

Winner of the Stratford-Salariya Picture Book Prize, a competition held by the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Salariya Book Company to find a picture book by an unpublished author deserving of publication. Snow? is the magical story of two fox cubs who set out on an adventure to discover what snow is, encountering a cast of charming woodland characters, including wise owls, hopping frogs, snuggly hedgehogs and busy bees. The beautiful illustrations and mystery-drenched storyline, conjuring an atmospheric winter world, will mesmerise children. Snow! is the debut of a hugely-talented new voice in children’s literature.

Winner of the Stratford-Salariya Picture Book Prize, a competition held by the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Salariya Book Company to find a picture book by an unpublished author deserving of publication. Snow? is the magical story of two fox cubs who set out on an adventure to discover what snow is, encountering a cast of charming woodland characters, including wise owls, hopping frogs, snuggly hedgehogs and busy bees. The beautiful illustrations and mystery-drenched storyline, conjuring an atmospheric winter world, will mesmerise children. Snow! is the debut of a hugely-talented new voice in children’s literature.

Camden Snow is old enough to be my father, dangerously charming, annoyingly irresistible-and my future ex-boyfriend. The moment I meet the former hockey player at his holiday party, the chemistry is off the charts. Despite the pesky feelings his presence stirs inside me, I have zero intention of actually dating the notorious bachelor. I don't date. I'm only entertaining Camden's advances because I have an article to write and a point to prove. For years I've witnessed my best friend date all the wrong men and repeatedly get her heart broken. So I'm going to teach her and the rest of my readers what not to do when dating by doing all the stereotypical wrong things and getting dumped. The only problem? Camden Snow won't dump me. In fact, everything I do to push him away only draws him closer. Flirt with others? He gets possessive. Talk about the future? He's all in. But what if the one thing that could destroy us is the only thing I never planned for? Will my theory prove to be right, or will our love last past the snow?

"Some 'old school' horror storytelling of the highest degree" from the award-winning author of Bone White (Bloody Disgusting). They come in with the snow. They are the snow . . . The blizzard begins pummeling the Midwest on Christmas Eve, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Todd Curry doesn't need another reason to disappoint his son, so he joins three other people in renting the last four-wheel drive available and they set out into the blinding snow. Only two hours into the treacherous trip west, Todd swerves to avoid a man in the middle of the highway. The stranger claims his daughter is lost somewhere out in the snow. Though his odd demeanor and ripped clothes make Todd and his group uneasy, they agree to take the man to the nearest town-if the now-damaged car can make it. What awaits them at the next exit, however, is nothing they could have imagined. Around an empty town square, fires burn, cars are abandoned, storefronts are smashed. And there is no one to be seen-for now . . . But soon the shadows lurking on the edges of their vision will step into the light, and Todd and his fellow travelers will find themselves facing a sharp-scythed evil shaped from the snow, tearing its way into human form-and taking the neighborhood by storm. "Malfi's descriptive writing captures the cold and desperate scene in a way that will lure new fans to the genre." -Las Vegas Review-Journal "An impressively atmospheric novel with a wicked streak." -Dread Central

"Some 'old school' horror storytelling of the highest degree" from the award-winning author of Bone White (Bloody Disgusting). They come in with the snow. They are the snow . . . The blizzard begins pummeling the Midwest on Christmas Eve, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Todd Curry doesn't need another reason to disappoint his son, so he joins three other people in renting the last four-wheel drive available and they set out into the blinding snow. Only two hours into the treacherous trip west, Todd swerves to avoid a man in the middle of the highway. The stranger claims his daughter is lost somewhere out in the snow. Though his odd demeanor and ripped clothes make Todd and his group uneasy, they agree to take the man to the nearest town-if the now-damaged car can make it. What awaits them at the next exit, however, is nothing they could have imagined. Around an empty town square, fires burn, cars are abandoned, storefronts are smashed. And there is no one to be seen-for now . . . But soon the shadows lurking on the edges of their vision will step into the light, and Todd and his fellow travelers will find themselves facing a sharp-scythed evil shaped from the snow, tearing its way into human form-and taking the neighborhood by storm. "Malfi's descriptive writing captures the cold and desperate scene in a way that will lure new fans to the genre." -Las Vegas Review-Journal "An impressively atmospheric novel with a wicked streak." -Dread Central

Camden Snow is old enough to be my father, dangerously charming, annoyingly irresistible-and my future ex-boyfriend. The moment I meet the former hockey player at his holiday party, the chemistry is off the charts. Despite the pesky feelings his presence stirs inside me, I have zero intention of actually dating the notorious bachelor. I don't date. I'm only entertaining Camden's advances because I have an article to write and a point to prove. For years I've witnessed my best friend date all the wrong men and repeatedly get her heart broken. So I'm going to teach her and the rest of my readers what not to do when dating by doing all the stereotypical wrong things and getting dumped. The only problem? Camden Snow won't dump me. In fact, everything I do to push him away only draws him closer. Flirt with others? He gets possessive. Talk about the future? He's all in. But what if the one thing that could destroy us is the only thing I never planned for? Will my theory prove to be right, or will our love last past the snow?