King Stakh's Wild Hunt - 2nd Edition by Uladzimir Karatkevich (Paperback)
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Highlights
- King Stakh's Wild Hunt tells the tale of Andrey Belaretsky, a young folklorist who finds himself stranded by a storm in the castle of Marsh Firs, the seat of the fading aristocratic Yanovsky family.
- Author(s): Uladzimir Karatkevich
- 276 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Action & Adventure
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About the Book
King Stakh's Wild Hunt tells the tale of Andrey Belaretsky, a young folklorist who finds himself stranded by a storm in the castle of Marsh Firs, the seat of the fading aristocratic Yanovsky family.
Book Synopsis
King Stakh's Wild Hunt tells the tale of Andrey Belaretsky, a young folklorist who finds himself stranded by a storm in the castle of Marsh Firs, the seat of the fading aristocratic Yanovsky family.
Offered refuge by Nadzeya, the last in the Yanovskys' line, he learns of the family curse and terrible apparitions that portend her early death and trap her in permanent, maddening fear.
As Belaretsky begins to unravel the secrets of the Yanovskys, he himself becomes quarry of the Wild Hunt, silent phantoms who stalk the marshes on horseback and deliver death to all who cross their path. He must uncover the truth behind the ghostly hunt to release Nadzeya from her fate and undo the curse that hangs over the marshes.
Review Quotes
"King Stakh's Wild Hunt is at once a story so contained within its own history, it threatens to alienate any reader outside of its cultural design. And yet, the experiments in narrative fiction and the heightened sense of gothic drama seem perfectly accessible to a Western audience brought up on the brooding belletristic tragedies of Greek myth." Imran Khan, PopMatters
On the romantic landscaping of Socialist Belarus and Uladzimir Karatkevich: Elena Gapova, Rethinking Marxism
"Uladzimir Karatkievic's output has a significant role as a 'guardian' of the collective memory of Belarusians today. As an author of historical novels he acted as both a researcher and archivist of Belarusians' history. Perhaps thus Karatkievic's King Stakh's Wild Hunt is book about the past and present. It proves his genius as an author and sensitivity as a"commentator on the Belarusian nation." Paula Borowska, The Journal of Belarusian Studies
"I enjoyed the writing and the atmosphere." Jean, Howling Frog Books
"I was also reminded of the moor scenes in Hound of the Baskervilles sometimes the places in this book at to the scary feeling of Hope the marshes near the castle reminded me of the Grimpen mire of Hound of the Baskervilles. I love that Glagoslav can publish writers like Karatkevich to us in English." Stu Allen, Winstonsdad's Blog