Lisa
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Naomi Novik:
I just finished Uprooted and adored it! Two questions: are the spells rooted in Polish and/or Russian? And: will you write more books in this universe? It's a fabulous one.
Naomi Novik
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(view spoiler)[The magical words are actually an amalgam of Finnish and Hungarian with occasional Estonian thrown in. My rough backstory idea is that the sorcerer-king from the east brought the "technical" magic tradition, and after the Wood destroyed their kingdom, his surviving disciples scattered among the native inhabitants of eastern europe at the time with the remnants of the knowledge, which was then expanded on. So I wanted a contrast in language with the "everyday" language of Polnya and Rosya, and I ended up borrowing the Finno-Ugric languages for the purpose. :)
I don't currently have a sequel in the works but I'm open to future stories in the universe! (hide spoiler)]
I don't currently have a sequel in the works but I'm open to future stories in the universe! (hide spoiler)]
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