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Almanacs

4/5 ( ratings)

Almanacs: a mythic scrapbook, bag of cats, a one-man band... Jen Hadfield's Almanacs is concerned with lists, rules and archetypes and what they don't account for. It takes as its subjects the Tarot, the lore of Full Moons, weather myths and travellers' tales. the north of Scotland: Ultima Thule, hijacked by elusive sirens and Harrier jets. There's the ruthless Lorelei, gorgeous Ghosty who's given up on everything except the Road, and Skerryman, patron saint of bad weather and absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder. It's obsessed with yearning, like the two seas separated by the tip of Shetland 'metres apart/and desperate for each other.' Lorelei's Lore wonders 'what's beautiful?' and 'where's your native home?'

Language: English

Pages: 80

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books

Release: February 24, 2005

ISBN: 1852246871

ISBN 13: 9781852246877

Almanacs

4/5 ( ratings)

Almanacs: a mythic scrapbook, bag of cats, a one-man band... Jen Hadfield's Almanacs is concerned with lists, rules and archetypes and what they don't account for. It takes as its subjects the Tarot, the lore of Full Moons, weather myths and travellers' tales. the north of Scotland: Ultima Thule, hijacked by elusive sirens and Harrier jets. There's the ruthless Lorelei, gorgeous Ghosty who's given up on everything except the Road, and Skerryman, patron saint of bad weather and absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder. It's obsessed with yearning, like the two seas separated by the tip of Shetland 'metres apart/and desperate for each other.' Lorelei's Lore wonders 'what's beautiful?' and 'where's your native home?'

Language: English

Pages: 80

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books

Release: February 24, 2005

ISBN: 1852246871

ISBN 13: 9781852246877

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