THE FORTUNATE ISLES (Limited Edition)

Lisa L HANNETT

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ISBN 10: 183839608X ISBN 13: 9781838396084

Published by Egaeus Press, 2023

Language: English

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A first UK edition hardback limited to 325 copies. Unread. Published without a dust jacket. . SYNOPSIS: "Fourteen tales of salt-crusted weirdness from the rugged, cold-clime harbour village of Barradoon. Barradoon: the limit of worldly navigation; stronghold of sea-myths and ancient forces; a place of simmering tension and ruthless vengeance meted out by human and inhuman alike. These densely wrought, boundlessly inventive stories form, in their totality, a singularly strange mosaic novel of sorts - ever twisting and writhing like a storm-charged ocean. The contents are:*Introductionby Kirstyn McDermott; *Gutted; *A Right Pretty Mate; *Another Mouth; *The Honey Stomach; *The Escape; *Out at the Shillingate Isles; *A Tanglesmithed Tale; *A Shot of Salt Water; *The Widows Guild; *Deep in the Drift, Spinning; *Watersleeves; *Shrithing Sandwards; *Rewild; *Ebbtide." Packed weight 630gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH �.

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Title: THE FORTUNATE ISLES (Limited Edition)
Publisher: Egaeus Press
Publication Date: 2023
Language: English
ISBN 10: 183839608X
ISBN 13: 9781838396084
Binding: Hardback
Edition: First Limited.
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket

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The Fortunate Isles collects fourteen tales of salt-crusted weirdness from the rugged, cold-clime harbour village of Barradoon...

Barradoon: the limit of worldly navigation; stronghold of sea-myths and ancient forces; a place of simmering tension and ruthless vengeance meted out by human and inhuman alike.

These densely wrought, boundlessly inventive stories form, in their totality, a singularly strange mosaic novel of sorts - ever twisting and writhing like a storm-charged ocean. Yet they are never out of the meticulous control of Lisa Hannett's masterly storytelling.

The table of contents is as follows:

Introduction by Kirstyn McDermott
Gutted
A Right Pretty Mate
Another Mouth
The Honey Stomach
The Escape
Out at the Shillingate Isles
A Tanglesmithed Tale
A Shot of Salt Water
The Widows Guild
Deep in the Drift, Spinning
Watersleeves
Shrithing Sandwards
Rewild
Ebbtide

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