Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell

Fifty Words for Snow

Nancy Campbell

224 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature reflective fast-paced
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Snow. In Japan it is Yuki-onna -- 'a goddess'. In Icelandic, Hundslappadrifa -- 'flakes as big as a dog's paw'. In Hawai'ian, snow is hau - 'mother of pearl', but also 'love'. Every language and culture has its own words for the feathery, jewel-li...

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