Boneland. The Concluding Volume in the Weirdstone Trilogy

Garner, Alan

ISBN 10: 0007463243 / ISBN 13: 9780007463244

Published by Fourth Estate Ltd / HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2012

About this Item

First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Some edge wear and slight fraying to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, some faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 149pp. 'Boneland' concludes the story that began over fifty years ago in 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'. If the sleeper wakes, the dream dies. Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock and dances, to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying. Colin can't remember and he remembers too much. Before the age of twelve years and nine months is a blank. After that he recalls everything, where he was, what he was doing, in every minute of every hour of every day. But Colin will have to remember what happened when he was twelve if he wants to find his sister. And the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall, and there will be only winter, wanderers and moon. An astonishing and disturbing exploration of the nature of memory, trauma and loss. A future classic, now quite scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boneland. The Concluding Volume in the Weirdstone Trilogy
• Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd / HarperCollins Publishers, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007463243
• ISBN 13: 9780007463244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket photo by R. A. Kearton, endpapers after the Hubble deep field image
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A major novel from one of the country’s greatest writers, and the crowning achievement of an astonishing career, BONELAND is also the long-awaited conclusion to the story of Colin and Susan – a story that began over fifty years ago in THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN…


Extract from book:
A woman was reading a book to a child on her knee.

“‘So the little boy went into the wood, and he met a witch. And the witch said, “You come home with me and I’ll give you a good dinner.”’ Now you wouldn’t go home with a witch, would you?”

Colin stood. “Young man. Do not go into the witch’s house. Do not. And whatever you do, do not go upstairs. You must not go upstairs. Do not go! You are not to go!”


Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At night, he is on Alderley Edge, watching.

At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock and blows bulls on the stone with his blood, and dances, to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying.

Colin can’t remember; and he remembers too much. Before the age of thirteen is a blank. After that he recalls everything: where he was, what he was doing, in every minute of every hour of every day. Everything he has read and seen.

And then, finally, a new force enters his life, a therapist who might be able to unlock what happened to him when he was twelve, what happened to his sister.

But Colin will have to remember quickly, to find his sister. And the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall, and there will be only winter, wanderers and moon…

About the Author

ALAN GARNER was born in Congleton in Cheshire in October 1934. He was brought up on Alderley and lives with his wife and family, between Congleton and Alderley. Alan Garner's writing was Highly Recommended for the only international children's book award, The Hans Christian Andersen Medal, in 1978. He was also awarded the twelfth annual Children's Literature Association International Phoenix Award for his novel The Stone Book and by extension, of course, for the entire Stone Book Quartet. In 2001, Alan was awarded an OBE for his services to Children's Literature, despite admitting that he doesn't write for children - they just understand his books best.