Description
Product ID: | 9781912356140 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Through The Peacock Gate |
Authors: | Author: Sandy McCutcheon |
Page Count: | 290 |
Subjects: | Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Horror and supernatural fiction, Horror & ghost stories |
Description: | Through the Peacock Gate takes you on the journey of a foreigner in Morocco, whose unexpected infatuation leads him into the very heart of the Sufi mystical experience. His descent into madness is exacerbated by his guilt over a tragedy in his past. insanity. The novel is a rare example of contemporary English fiction drawing on traditional Moroccan folklore. Written in gripping English prose fused with Arabic words, the novel gives an authentic insight into a Westerner’s experience of modern Moroccan society, whilst simultaneously exposing the reader to the country’s rich cultural history by weaving classic Moroccan folk takes and the mysteries of Sufism into its fabric. The book not only explores the point where East and West merge, but the collision of the human world with the world of the djinns - mysterious shape-shifting creatures of an unseen realm. SANDY McCUTCHEON is a New Zealander but lived most of his adult life in Australia as an author, playwright, actor, broadcaster and journalist. He has written twenty plays and a number of novels, including Black Widow (2006) which won the Christina Stead Award for Literature, and The Magician’s Son (2005), an autobiographical work on the true nature of his ancestry. He
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Imprint Name: | Beacon Books and Media Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Beacon Books and Media Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-04-21 |