- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Harvill Press (2 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843430878
- ISBN-13: 978-1843430872
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 282,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Through the manipulation of history, of the myths which are man's spiritual history...Garner enlarges our understanding of the human condition, of the relationship of man to man, of man to nature, and of man to god" NEIL PHILIP, from A Fine Anger.
Clare Alfree, Metro
A rare flight of the imagination - and an unforgettable book
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delicate and Haunting,
By M. R. N. Shackelford "mark shackelford" (Worthing, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Thursbitch (Paperback)
This short book packs in a vast panorama - but this unfolds in your head rather than on the page. His poetic evocation of landscape through the lists of wonderful place-names is glorious, and the intertwined ghost stories - each period haunted by the spirits of the other - only become clear as the characters let you into their souls bit by bit.If you love the ancient English countryside, and enjoy some real magic - read this book. The language is occassionally obscure but well worth the effort. As a child I loved the Wierdstone of Brisinghamen and the Moon of Gomrath - and now that I am "grown-up", I was delighted to find an Alan Garner book for adults.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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Life and Death Come Together on the Moors,
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This review is from: Thursbitch (Hardcover)
Alan Garner has consistently written captivating and elegaic novels. From The Weirdstone of Brisingamen right up to date with Thursbitch. Don't let the mildly off putting title distract you. This is a superb novel reverberating between the past and the present. Its material is quite dark but Garner puts it all in a context which ends on a sad but triumphant note. Even though it a quite short it is so crammed with meaning that you feel as though you have just read a block buster. And indeed you have, if you like thought provoking, orignal and moving stories Thursbitch is exceptional - buy it now.
54 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
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More than a visionary fable...,
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This review is from: Thursbitch (Hardcover)
I don't have the words to describe Thursbitch, the book. Hauntingly beautiful, sad and uplifting, enthralling and terrible: these only hint at the magic that Alan Garner has pursued for half a century, and which he now shares with us.The dust jacket describes Thursbitch as a "visionary fable rooted in a verifiable place". It doesn't mention Alan Garner's fanatical depth of research; his ability to awaken atmosphere from the earth and stones under our feet; the uncannily bare descriptions of people and place, leaving everything but nothing to the reader's imagination; or the sheer honesty which pervades every page. Thursbitch is Alan Garner's solution to a conundrum, an ancient puzzle, but it is so much more than an historical novel. It is built from the humanity of the Stone Book quartet; it resolves the questions left by Red Shift; draws more mythic power from the land than the Owl Service; and resonates with the poetry which concluded the Moon of Gomrath. Strandloper, an incredible achievement, stands now as a waymarker: Thursbitch is the heart. Read it, quietly and alone, and be humbled.
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