Winterlong: A Novel

Elizabeth Hand

HarperCollins Publishers, 1990 - Fiction - 349 pages

Elizabeth Hand's darkly sensual debut novel took the science fiction and general reading public by storm and now, seven years later, it is available again in a handsome trade paperback edition. Heralded as a considerable stylistic and imaginative accomplishment, as noteworthy in its way as Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, by "People" magazine, Winterlong explores the disturbing remains of humanity irrevocably altered by genetic engineering run amok.Amid the ruins of a once great city, a girl and her beautiful long-lost twin brother are drawn to the seductive voice of a green-eyed boy whose name is Death. Together they must journey through a poisoned garden filled with children who kill and beasts that speak--all the while resisting the evil that compels them to join in a nightmare ritual of blood that will unleash the power of the ancients and signal the end of humanity.

What people are saying

Review: Winterlong (Winterlong #1)

User Review  - Christie - Goodreads

I enjoyed the basic idea of this book and the ending was pretty satisfying, but getting there felt like a slog through half-formed ideas mixed with some really horrible acts and vague descriptions of ...

Review: Winterlong (Winterlong #1)

User Review  - Mizuki Genshou - Goodreads

I have heard about this book since forever, still no chance to read this Sci-Fi book, poor me!

About the author

Elizabeth Hand is the winner of both the Nebula and the World Fantasy Awards. She is the author of "Winterlong, Waking the Moon, Glimmering, Last Summer at Mars Hill, "and "Black Light." A noted critic, she is a frequent book reviewer for "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Washington Post Book Review, "and "The Village Voice." She lives in Maine with her family.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Winterlong: A Novel
• Author: Elizabeth Hand
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990
• ISBN: 0061057304, 9780061057304
• Length: 349 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / General