Raven Girl
{{Short description|2013 novel by Audrey Niffenegger}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Raven Girl
| image = Raven Girl.jpg
| caption =
| author = Audrey Niffenegger
| country =
| language = English
| cover_artist =
| genre = Folk literature
| publisher = Harry N. Abrams
| release_date =
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 80
| isbn = 9781419707261
| oclc =
| pub_date = May 2, 2013
}}
Raven Girl is a 2013 novel by Audrey Niffenegger.
Premise
A postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child—an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body.
Reception
Douglas Wolk of The Washington Post said of the book "the happy ending that the story cuts corners to reach feels as hollow as a bird’s bones."{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-raven-girl-by-audrey-niffenegger/2013/05/14/faf2ad4e-b72f-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html|title=Book review: 'Raven Girl,' by Audrey Niffenegger|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|date=2013-05-14|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} A review from NPR noted that the book "like the sad creature at its center, lingers in the memory: odd, quiet, more than a little unsettling, but strangely, even hauntingly, beautiful."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/05/02/179884433/niffenegger-lets-fly-with-an-adult-fairy-tale-in-raven-girl|title=Niffenegger Lets Fly With An Adult Fairy Tale In 'Raven Girl'|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en}}
Adaptation
In 2013, The Royal Ballet asked Niffenegger to adapt the book into a ballet{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/04/raven-girl-flies-onstage|title=Raven Girl takes wing and flies onstage|last=Niffenegger|first=Audrey|date=2013-05-04|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-02-25}} which was performed at the Royal Opera House.{{cite news |last1=Crisp |first1=Clement |title=Raven Girl, Royal Opera House, London – review |url=https://www.ft.com/content/51504eb8-c779-11e2-be27-00144feab7de |work=Financial Times |date=28 May 2013}}
References
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Category:American fantasy novels
Category:Novels adapted into ballets
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