There’s nothing like a cold snap to remind us of the power of winter! If you’re looking to burrow into that feeling, check out one of these wintery reads:
Cold Victory by Karl Marlantes
In 1947 Finland, what begins as a friendly challenge between an American and a Soviet military attaché – a secret cross-country ski race through the arctic wilderness – turns life-and-death when the race becomes public and freighted with the political weight of the era. Can their wives, themselves cautious friends, salvage futures for them all? (fiction)
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Cleric Chih, who travels around gathering stories and legends, heads towards a mountain pass through a wicked snowstorm. Seeking shelter at a way station, they’re cornered by a trio of tigers ready to eat Chih and their guide – unless Chih can hold them off with a story. (fiction)
The Thing in the Snow by Sean Adams
Three caretakers and a researcher remain at the remote, snow-swept Northern Institute. When they spot an unidentifiable something on the snow, their worry and hyper-fixation combine with the mundanity of their daily work to tip them towards madness. (fiction)
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
At the beginning of a frigid winter in 1789 Maine, midwife Martha Ballard is called to identify the cause of death for a town member found frozen in the river. When the local doctor overrides Martha to declare it an accident, Martha investigates the murder on her own as scandal engulfs the town. (fiction)
Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow by Heather Hansman
Hansman, a columnist for Outside magazine, plunges into skiing culture – from her own skiing life, to climate change and the identities and economics of ski-towns. (nonfiction)
Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest by Lowell Skoog
Skoog traces skiing and ski culture in the Pacific Northwest over the past 150 years and its interaction with larger social trends, alongside photos and personal anecdotes. (nonfiction)
~ posted by Andrea G.
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