![]() ![]() Not quite a fairy-tale retelling itself, Keturah and Lord Death nonetheless weaves together many of the elements and themes present in well-known tales. ![]() If she can prove that she is the maiden from the story, then perhaps he'll allow her to live otherwise Lord Death wishes to claim her for his bride.Īlthough Keturah initially returns to her town with the sole purpose of finding a true love to save herself, her perspective of life and death gradually begins to change. Lord Death becomes so captivated by Keturah's story that, when she ends halfway through it, he grants her another day. Soon enough, Death appears as a handsome and solemn man astride a horse.Īt their first meeting, Keturah hopes to delay her own death by entertaining Lord Death with a story about a young maiden who must live for her true love. ![]() After wandering around for three days, Keturah knows that death is coming for her. Entranced, she follows it into the forest and becomes hopelessly lost. While standing on the edge of her small country village, Tide-by-Rood, Keturah spots the elusive hart that has enchanted the minds of her fellow townsfolk for many years. If ever a book deserves to be reviewed entirely by snippets of itself, it would be Martine Leavitt's Keturah and Lord Death. Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul. ![]()
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