Алан Гарнер

The four books which make up this volume were first published individually. "As the stories grow into one story, so one's awareness of the emblems and symbols deepens! Garner binds the reader to him and he shows us the author working with language to make his book as his characters worked with stone and iron. Not a word is wasted." - "Times Literary Supplement".

Mary wanted to learn to read and asked her stonemason father for a book. In reply, he sent her into a cavern deep under the hills where the stone was quarried. There she found a sand-floored chamber where, in the light of her candle, she could see the marks left by breaking waves in the rock above her head and, on the wall, the figure of a bull, a stonemason's mark, and the outline of a hand ...

Originally told around the fireside, this rich and varied collection of tales chosen from all the regions of Britain has a powerful immediacy. Alan Garner has selected the tales for their strength and imagery and they are ideal for reading aloud.

Four new and wholly original stories, each evoking the themes and tempo of traditional fairy tales, are highlighted on every page by full-color paintings

Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner′s seminal fantasy classic, THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN, this beautifully produced hardback collects all of Alan′s folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike, and a book to be treasured.

"HERE JOHN TURNER WAS CAST AWAY IN A HEAVY SNOW STORM IN THE NIGHT IN THE YEAR 1755" "THE PRINT OF A WOMAN'S SHOE WAS FOUND BY HIS SIDE IN THE SNOW WHERE HE LAY DEAD" John Turner was a packman. With his train of horses he carried salt and silk across distances incomprehensible to his ancient and static community. He brings ideas as well as gifts that have come, by many short journeys, from...

В "Элидоре" используется малоизвестная легенда о юноше, спасшем своих братьев и сестру из поглотившей их Черной башни. Современные дети, попав в другой мир - Элидор - побеждают силы тьмы и вызволяют из-под власти этих сил священные Сокровища, которые должны спасти мир. 

В сборник вошли семь замечательных сказок английских писателей XX века (Ф.Энсти, Дж.Барри, У.С.Моэма, Э.Дансени и др.) Эти сказки (в нашей стране они издавались редко, а некоторые публикуются на русском языке впервые) и сегодня популярны на своей родине в Англии.

This novel opens in Cheshire in the 1790s, with William Buckley being chosen as the village's Shick-Shack - an ancient fertility figure. But when the local landowner discovers the celebrations in church, William is arrested and sentenced to transportation to New Holland.

The four books which make up this volume were first published individually. "As the stories grow into one story, so one's awareness of the emblems and symbols deepens! Garner binds the reader to him and he shows us the author working with language to make his book as his characters worked with stone and iron. Not a word is wasted." - "Times Literary Supplement".

Mary wanted to learn to read and asked her stonemason father for a book. In reply, he sent her into a cavern deep under the hills where the stone was quarried. There she found a sand-floored chamber where, in the light of her candle, she could see the marks left by breaking waves in the rock above her head and, on the wall, the figure of a bull, a stonemason's mark, and the outline of a hand ...

Originally told around the fireside, this rich and varied collection of tales chosen from all the regions of Britain has a powerful immediacy. Alan Garner has selected the tales for their strength and imagery and they are ideal for reading aloud.

Four new and wholly original stories, each evoking the themes and tempo of traditional fairy tales, are highlighted on every page by full-color paintings

Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner′s seminal fantasy classic, THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN, this beautifully produced hardback collects all of Alan′s folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike, and a book to be treasured.