Description
| Product ID: | 9781910985045 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | PL |
| Title: | Sandlands |
| Authors: | Author: Rosy Thornton |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sandlands is a short story collection with a powerful sense of place, and with several characters appearing in more than one story. The collection is inspired by the landscape of coastal Suffolk and its flora and fauna, as well as by its folklore and historical and cultural heritage. A collection of linked short stories, all set in and around the small village of Blaxhall in the sandlings of coastal Suffolk, which is the reason for the title, ''Sandlands''. The collection is inspired by the landscape of the area and its flora and fauna, as well as by its folklore and historical and cultural heritage. Six of the twelve stories focus around a particular bird, animal, wildflower or insect characteristic of the locality, from barn owl to butterfly. The book might be described as a collection of ghost stories; in fact, while one or two stories involve a more or less supernatural element, each of them deals in various ways with the tug of the past upon the present, and explores how past and present can intersect in unexpected ways. The stories uncover what is real and enduring beneath the surface of things. |
| Imprint Name: | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-21 |
