Winter invites us to seek shelter at home while enjoying intimate moments with a good read. Low temperatures, low light and white landscapes often inspire many to immerse themselves in stories that take place between snow and cold. For all those who wish to be enveloped by this winter atmosphere, we selected a series of literary news that take frozen landscapes as a backdrop, full of mystery, introspection or pure adventure.
The books we present to you not only stand out for their literary quality, but also for transporting us to worlds where winter is much more than a season; it becomes a central character, capable of determining the fate of its protagonists. Are you ready to enter lands covered in snow and deep emotions?
Under the snow
Author: Helen McCloy
Traducción: Rachel Garcia Rojas
Editorial: Tin foil
Set in vibrant but dark 30s New York, this novel opens with the discovery of Kitty Jocelyn's body under a blanket of snow. What seems like a clear case of an overdose of slimming pills soon turns into an enigma surrounded by you suspectInspector Foyle and Dr Basil Willing, a shrewd psychiatrist, join forces to uncover the truth in a story where appearances can be deceiving and the cold hides more than frozen bodies. Every character, from Kitty's elegant but ruined stepmother to her cousin Ann Jocelyn, becomes a possible culprit in this edge-of-your-seat mystery.
Snow Baby
Author: Josephine Diebitsch Peary
Traducción: Pilar Rubio Remiro
Editorial: The Horizon Line
This work transports us to 19th century Greenland, where Josephine Diebitsch Peary, wife of the famous polar explorer Robert Peary, writes about the polar expeditions in which she participated with her daughter, affectionately nicknamed “Snow Baby”. Through her stories, we not only discover the extreme difficulties of living in the Arctic, but also the customs of the Inuit and life on polar ships. Beyond being an adventure book, this title offers us a unique look at the role of women in polar exploration and immerses us in the fight for survival in an extreme environment, providing a fascinating perspective on the thoughts and emotions of a mother in adverse conditions.
Whiteness
Author Jon fosse
Traducción: Cristina Gomez-Baggethun
Editorial: Random House
In this introspective novel, a man drives aimlessly until his car gets stuck at the end of a forest road. As the snow begins to cover everything, the protagonist decides to go into the forest, facing a hostile nature and the reflection of his own loneliness and anguish. The snowy landscapes are not just a backdrop, but a metaphor of emptiness and fullness, of the unknown that lives both outside and inside us. Whiteness is a story that combines poetry and narration to explore the limits of human existence in a winter setting, raising philosophical questions about life, death and what it really means to be human.
The sister from the attic
Author: Gohril Gabrielsen
Traducción: Ana Arrow Frame
Editorial: The Outskirts
In the lonely plains of northern Norway, two sisters live isolated from the world, trapped in a game of emotional dependence and resentment that grows over time. The arrival of a disruptive man accelerates the conflict and leads to an intense ending, where the cold and darkness of the landscapes reflect the emotional state of the characters. This novel is a challenging portrait of human relationships in extreme conditions and how the nature It can both unite and separate, laying bare the most primal instincts of love, hate and survival that exist in each of us.
sinister solstice
Authors: Muriel Spark, Daphne du Maurier, Robert Aickman, Hugh Walpole and others
Traducción: Cé Santiago, Olalla García, Enrique Maldonado Roldán, Isabel Márquez Méndez
Editorial: Impediment
With the arrival of winter, the cold and long nights invite us to reflect on the supernatural and the sinister. This collection of stories brings together tales from masters of the horror genre, where winter becomes a propitious environment for ghost stories, haunted houses and dark mysteries. The icy and oppressive atmosphere acts as another character in these stories that, despite exploring supernatural themes, also address universal human problems such as fear, loneliness and search for meaning, inviting us to question our own realities and fears in a dark corner of the mind that winter tends to reveal.
Winter, with all its beauty and harshness, becomes a perfect setting to explore deep emotions and unique literary landscapes. From crime mysteries to introspective tales and Arctic adventures, these books are the ideal choice for those who want to take advantage of the short days and long nights with an absorbing and emotionally rich read. Check out your favorite bookstore or online platforms to immerse yourself in these winter stories.
