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The Owl Service
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Reading Alan Garner is not a spectator sport. You have to participate quite energetically: be alert to pick up on all the clues. He doesn't do explaining. That's why some readers have been left feeling bewildered.
With that in mind, let me set the scene for The Owl Service, especially for American readers who don't have some of the backgr... »
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley
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Readers who love E. Nesbit or Susan Cooper may discover a new favorite in Alan Garner, winner of many awards for literary excellence including the Carnegie Medal. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, first published in 1960, is the story of two children, Susan and Colin, who are sent to rural England to stay with Bess Mossock, their mother's childhood... »
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The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderley
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I first read this in, I think, 1970. It remains a wonderful blend: ancient mythologies, the thrusting of a magical world into ours, and an intense consciousness of the spirit of place, the power of landscape. I've lived in Cheshire, though not where Garner lives, and while I really was conscious of just the mundane world of roads and towns, I can see h... »
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Red Shift (Collins Voyager)
A bitter, dense, vigorous book about the violence and betrayals we inflict on each other. So much is lost along the way - and although there is some surv... »
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The Stone Book Quartet
Alan Garner's quartet of novellas follows a working class family through four generations in Cheshire, (northern England). The stories are written in regi... »
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