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Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today’s toughest challenges. This year’s program is funded by private donors and a grant from Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the national endowment for the humanities. Studies show that book ownership contributes to academic achievement, educational attainment and economic development. In the last four years, more than 5,000 books have been distributed. Free copies of the text will be provided this fall to college and high school students, public and community college libraries, lifelong learning organizations and local residents. Each year, the department selects a book and creates a calendar of engaging events, including lectures, book group discussions, performances, workshops and author visits. The English department’s Big Read, now in its fourth year, is designed to enrich Purdue and Greater Lafayette through literature. Novik is the New York Times bestselling and fantasy award-winning author of “Uprooted” and the historical fantasy “Temeraire” series.Ĭopies of “Spinning Silver” will be available at all local libraries and bookstores, and a Big Read calendar of events is forthcoming. Novik’s work has been described by the New York Times Book Review as “a perfect tale … rich in both ideas and people, with the vastness of Tolkien and the empathy and joy in daily life of Le Guin.” “Spinning Silver” was a finalist for the Nebula and Hugo awards and won the Mythopoeic Award. The novel tackles topics ranging from legacies of the Jewish diaspora and European antisemitism to coming of age, romance, the ravages of poverty and more in an engrossing fantasy world.
“Spinning Silver” is a fantasy novel that re-envisions the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin,” interweaving it with Jewish, Russian, and eastern European folklore. Purdue University’s Department of English is partnering with West Lafayette and Tippecanoe County public libraries to bring Naomi Novik’s “Spinning Silver” to local readers.
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