Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

After being hidden for years, a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White, referring to the pale skin she will never have. This girl has been born into a world with no place for a half-native, half-white child. With her mother's death in childbirth, so begins a heroine's tale equal parts heartbreak and strength. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title's heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be found as the seven dwarves.Ī plain-spoken, appealing narrator relates the history of her parents a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.įrom New York Times-bestselling author Catherynne M. Filled with fascinating glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard living in the gritty gun-slinging West, this is an utterly enchanting story.at once familiar and entirely new. Although her mother’s life ended as hers began, so begins a remarkable tale: equal parts heartbreak and strength. Insert into this scene a plain-spoken, appealing narrator who relates the history of our heroine’s parents-a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him. Picture instead a masterfully evoked Old West where you are more likely to find coyotes as the seven dwarves.

A New York Times bestselling author offers a brilliant reinvention of one of the best-known fairy tales of all time with Snow White as a gunslinger in the mythical Wild West.įorget the dark, enchanted forest.

Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente