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Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales
Sara Maitland
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Description for Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales
Paperback. A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of the fairytales made famous by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our ... Read more
Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of the fairytales made famous by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847084309
SKU
V9781847084309
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About Sara Maitland
SARA MAITLAND is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the Somerset Maugham Award-winning Daughters of Jerusalem, and several non-fiction books about religion. Born in 1950, she studied at Oxford University and currently tutors on the MA in creative writing for Lancaster University. She lives in Galloway.
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