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Collected Folk Tales
Alan Garner
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Description for Collected Folk Tales
Paperback.
From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
The definitive collection of traditional folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner.
A collection of Alan’s folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for ... Read more
Among the stories collected here are:
• Kate Crackernuts
• Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree
• Yallery Brown
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008602772
SKU
9780008602772
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Ref
99-12
About Alan Garner
Alan Garner’s first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, is cited as a major influence by many of today’s greatest fantasy writers. Among his other acclaimed books are Elidor and The Owl Service, which won the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal. Alan was born and still lives in Cheshire, and its local mythology plays a significant part in his work. ... Read more
Reviews for Collected Folk Tales
“The stories are written in a variety of voices, but the prose is always spare and hard, not a word wasted, not a word out of place… And if, by the time I have grandchildren, there are still public libraries, I trust that they will find this book in one, and take it to a quiet corner and read.” Neil ... Read more