Maria Turtschaninoff

An old soldier carves a croft out of the Finnish forest and calls it home, but try as he might to tame the land, its wild magic endures. For centuries his descendants will work the farm, through days of plenty and famine, love and war, their fates entangled with the rhythms of the ancient wilderness, where mysterious shapes flit between the trees and danger lurks in the treacherous fen...Like dragonflies darting over the marsh, their lives glimmer briefly and then are gone: a young girl entranced by the forest folk, a faithless fiance who meets his match beneath the age-old branches, a farmhand with a strange obsession....What endures is the wild, and the certainty that wherever we put down roots, the land will grow roots in us too.

The founding story of the Red Abbey Chronicles, Naondel is a spellbinding tale of finding strength in friendship and never giving up hope, even in the darkest of timesIn the opulent palace of Ohaddin, women have one purpose - to obey.Some were brought here as girls, captured and enslaved; some as servants; some as wives. All of them must do what the Master tells them, for he wields a deadly and secret power.But the women have powers too. One is a healer. One can control dreams. One is a warrior. One can see everything that is coming.In their golden prison, the women wait. They plan. They write down their stories. They dream of a refuge, a safe place where girls can be free.And, finally, when the moon glows red, they will have their revenge.Maria Turtschaninoff was born in 1977 and has been writing fairy tales since she was five. She is the author of many books about magical worlds, has been awarded the Swedish YLE Literature Prize and has twice won the Society of Swedish Literature Prize. She has also been nominated for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Naondel is part of the Red Abbey Chronicles which began with Maresi.

Maresi came to the Red Abbey in the Hunger Winter. Before then, she had only heard rumours of its existence in secret folk tales. In a world where girls arent allowed to learn or do as they please, an island inhabited solely by women sounded like a fantasy. But now Maresi is here, and she knows it is real. She is safe.Then one day Jai - tangled fair hair, clothes stiff with dirt, scars on her back - arrives on a ship. She has fled to the island to escape terrible danger and unimaginable cruelty.And the men who hurt her will stop at nothing to find her. Now the women and girls of the Red Abbey must use all their powers and ancient knowledge to combat the forces that wish to destroy them. And Maresi, haunted by her own nightmares, must confront her very deepest, darkest fears.A story of friendship and survival, magic and wonder, beauty and terror, Maresi will grip you and hold you spellbound.

Maresi returns in the thrilling conclusion to the feminist fantasy epic The Red Abbey ChroniclesFor Maresi, the Red Abbey was a haven of safety, in a world ruled by brutal men. But now she is a woman and it is time for her to leave.Armed with the wisdom of the the First Mother, she returns home to Rovas, a land of forest-clad mountains and rushing rivers, where the superstitious village folk struggle under the rule of a cruel governor. But Maresi meets with more resistance than she bargained for, and soon finds she must use all the terrible force of the Crones magic to protect her people. Can she find the strength to do so when her heart is filled with love for the first time?Maresi Red Mantle is a thrilling, moving tale of womanhood and fighting for what is right.Maria Turtschaninoff was born in 1977 and has been writing fairy tales since she was five. She is the author of six novels about magical worlds, has been awarded the Finlandia Junior in 2014, the Swedish YLE Literature Prize, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland Award and has twice won the Society of Swedish Literature Prize. She was also nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2013 and 2017 and the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal.

Una historia de amistad y supervivencia, magia y maravilla, belleza y terror.Solo se permiten mujeres y niñas en la Abadía Roja, un refugio del abuso y la pobreza. Maresi, una novicia de trece años, es feliz alli, segura bajo la proteccion de la Madre.Cuando los peligros del mundo exterior persiguen a la joven Jai al espacio sagrado de la abadia, Maresi ya no puede esconderse detras de sus libros y rutinas: debe actuar.Las mujeres y niñas de la abadia deberan usar todos sus poderes y conocimientos ancestrales para combatir a los hombres que quieren destruirlas.Y Maresi debera enfrentarse a sus miedos mas profundos y oscuros.Criticas: Absolutamente gratificante y completamente diferente de la fantasia juvenil estandar.BooklistEs dificil no quedar impresionado con el mundo magico de Turtschaninoff.The TimesLa novela es a la vez contemporanea y atemporal. Su feminismo inquebrantable es decididamente moderno [...]. Al mismo tiempo, da la sensacion de ser autenticamente antiguo y mitico.The Guardian

Una historia de amistad y supervivencia, magia y maravilla, belleza y terror. Solo se permiten mujeres y niñas en la Abadía Roja, un refugio del abuso y la pobreza. Maresi, una novicia de trece años, es feliz alli, segura bajo la proteccion de la Madre. Cuando los peligros del mundo exterior persiguen a la joven Jai al espacio sagrado de la abadia, Maresi ya no puede esconderse detras de sus libros y rutinas: debe actuar. Las mujeres y niñas de la abadia deberan usar todos sus poderes y conocimientos ancestrales para combatir a los hombres que quieren destruirlas. Y Maresi debera enfrentarse a sus miedos mas profundos y oscuros.Criticas:Absolutamente gratificante y completamente diferente de la fantasia juvenil estandar.Booklist Es dificil no quedar impresionado con el mundo magico de Turtschaninoff.The Times La novela es a la vez contemporanea y atemporal. Su feminismo inquebrantablees decididamente moderno [...]. Al mismo tiempo, da la sensacion de ser autenticamente antiguo y mitico.The Guardian