Michael Cunningham re-imagines ‘The Snow Queen’
Brooklyn BookBeat
Like the Disney megahit “Frozen,” Michael Cunningham’s new novel is loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snow Queen.”
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Cunningham’s The Snow Queen” centers on two brothers who wrestle with the trade-offs between the satisfactions of an ordinary life — “you witness … you persevere” — versus those of “building a big-deal career.”
Tyler, a talented musician in his early 40s, struggles to write songs so he can get a recording contract. When the novel opens, he’s caring for his wife-to-be Beth, who may be dying of cancer.