Enchantment
Author: Orson Scott Card
Year: 1999
Abstract:
As a young boy living in Kiev, Ivan was happy. When his family suddenly decides to adopt Judaism as a way of leaving the U.S.S.R.
his life is thrown into turmoil. On their way out of the country they spend some time at a cousin's and Ivan sees something that will
change the rest of his life. Years later, he returns to Kiev as an American student studying Russian fairy tales. Then the fun begins.
| Advanced Mind | |
| Exploration/Quest |  |
| Military/Fighting | |
| Horror | |
| Magic | |
| Advanced Technology | |
| Time Travel/Alternate History | |
| Science | |
| Aliens/Beasties | |
| Contemporality | |
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tyranist's Review
This tale of modern fantasy literally blew me away. I enjoy Card's work and should not have been surprised that he was capable of
something quite this good. It came to me highly recommended and still managed to surpass whatever hopes I had for it.
Most of the modern fantasies that are written today are dark, brooding works that spend more time wondering what we've done to
destroy magic in our world than actually living. This is completely different. The tone, the pace, the very content is lighter and much
more like high fantasy. Still it remains firmly entrenched in a modern context. It draws deeply on Russian fairy tales and lore, but is
still accessible to an American audience (although, I must admit I considered studying Russian while reading the novel).
Card has once again supplied a prime example for one of fictions sub-genres. Read it. Enjoy it. Let the magic take you away.