在《美国之神》和《旋转的银子》等现代童话故事的传统中，出现了一部富有东欧民间传说的史诗，这是一部关于困扰我们的祖先鬼魂和故事的不可思议力量的首部小说。
Yaga兄妹–年轻的木工Bellatine和流浪的街头艺人和骗子Isaac–从小就疏远了，因为怨恨和美国高速公路的宽广里程而分离。但当他们得知自己将得到一笔神秘的遗产时，兄妹俩重逢了，却发现他们的遗产不是土地或金钱，而是更奇怪的东西：一栋长着鸡腿的有生命的房子。
这座房子被称为 “蓟足”，它从亚加家族在俄罗斯的祖居地来到这里，但并不孤单。一个被称为 “长影人 “的阴险人物跟踪它来到了美国海岸，他带着过去的暴力秘密：隐藏在艾萨克和贝拉蒂娜血液中的火热记忆，已经持续了几代。当Yaga兄妹与Thistlefoot一起踏上他们家族巡回演出的最后一次跨国之旅时，Longshadow Man无情地追随其后，在他身后播下了毁灭的种子。最终，时间、魔法和遗产必须发生碰撞–在一场强大的大火中爆发，以决定谁能记住过去并创造新的未来。
这是一次被犹太神话照亮的迷人的冒险，用抒情散文装饰，就像石楠浆果一样诱人和甜蜜，《蓟足》是一个大胆的新秀创作的令人沉浸的现代幻想传奇。
In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore–a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story.
The Yaga siblings–Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist–have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited–only to discover that their bequest isn’t land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs.
Thistlefoot, as the house is called, has arrived from the Yagas’ ancestral home in Russia–but not alone. A sinister figure known only as the Longshadow Man has tracked it to American shores, bearing with him violent secrets from the past: fiery memories that have hidden in Isaac and Bellatine’s blood for generations. As the Yaga siblings embark with Thistlefoot on a final cross-country tour of their family’s traveling theater show, the Longshadow Man follows in relentless pursuit, seeding destruction in his wake. Ultimately, time, magic, and legacy must collide–erupting in a powerful conflagration to determine who gets to remember the past and craft a new future.
An enchanted adventure illuminated by Jewish myth and adorned with lyrical prose as tantalizing and sweet as briar berries, Thistlefoot is an immersive modern fantasy saga by a bold new talent.
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