Strandloper
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:12th Sep '24
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 12th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
From the author of 2022 Booker Prize shortlisted Treacle Walker
A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the extraordinary tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among the Aborigines for thirty years.
In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the Aboriginal spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.
'A remarkable feat of literary imagination' Sunday Times
'A work of terrible beauty' Observer
'Strandloper's vision is cosmic and as elusive as a rainbow… The ending gathers the words into a powerful cry for wisdom that recognises the ineffable' Sydney Morning Herald
'A novel as uncompromising and bright as anything this talented author has ever produced' Daily Telegraph
'I know of little in recent fiction more moving than the final section of this novel… Garner's ambitious subject is matched by an astounding mastery of technique' New Statesman
'Garner is his own man … taut, powerful, credible' Penelope Lively, Independent
ISBN: 9780008672232
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
Weight: 270g
208 pages