Blizzard

In Alaska... Nature Could Still Fight Back BLIZZARD by Marie Vingtras, translated from French to English by Jeffrey Zuckerman No spoilers. 4 stars. The boy was lost in an intense Alaskan blizzard... Bess had stopped to tie her shoe. When she stood up again, the boy was nowhere in sight... Here one minut......more

I went into this book totally blind. It was a recommendation on NoveList Plus--came up on the home page Haunting and Atmospheric: Unforgettable reads. Thank you NoveList! I love you! The cover appealed to me. Then I read that it was translated from French and the blurb read, "A small gem". I went ove......more

Me animé a leer este libro después de ver dos reseñas sobre él. Una muy positiva y otra no tanto. Y ya mi gen curioso no tuvo más remedio que activarse, obviamente. Ahora después de leído (dos veces seguidas), tengo que dar la razón a las dos reseñas. Y pensaréis "¿Pero qué dice esta loca?". Pues sí......more

Novela muy corta. Con capitulos de 2-3 pag que versan sobre cada uno de los personajes. Por culpa de una ventisca se conoce la vida y drama de unas personas que acaban en una zona remota de Alaska. Algunos puntos de la trama quedan en el aire pero a groso modo está bien cerrada la historia.......more

This is a short, French pageturner set in Alaska. At the start, we learn little Thomas has disappeared in a blizzard. One moment he was holding his mother's hand, the next he is gone. But what were they doing outside? The novel is built up in very short chapters each narrated by a different characte......more