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- Publication Name
- White Ravens
- Title
- White Ravens
- EAN
- 9781854115034
- ISBN
- 9781854115034
- Release Date
- 10/12/2009
- Release Year
- 2009
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Series
- New Stories from the Mabinogion
- Book Title
- White Ravens
- Item Length
- 7.7in
- Publisher
- Seren Books
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Fantasy / Contemporary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Historical
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Drawing from two medieval Welsh manuscripts with roots dating back many centuries earlier, this series of11 stories sheds light on Celtic mythology and Arthurian romance while providinga new perspective on Great Britain itself. From enchantment and shapeshifting to the age-old dichotomies of conflictversus peacemaking and loveversus betrayal, all of these tales are uniquely reinvented, creating fresh, contemporary narratives that portray the real world as much as they depict the past.Based on the fable of Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, this interpretation revives one of the most action-packed stories in the whole myth cycle. Moving this bloodthirsty tale of Welsh and Irish power struggles and family tensions into the 21st century, this retelling retains many of the bizarre and magical happenings of the original. After being wounded in Italy, Matthew O Connell is seeing out WWII in an obscure government department, spreading rumors and myths to the enemy. When he is assigned the bizarre task of escorting a box containing six raven chicks from a remote hill farm to the Tower of London, he soon finds himself ensnared in an adventure that leaves him powerless."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seren Books
ISBN-10
1854115030
ISBN-13
9781854115034
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78868628
Product Key Features
Book Title
White Ravens
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Contemporary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Historical
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Pr6069.H3994
Reviews
"Via the sheep-farming landscapes of today's Wales and the Blitz-hit London of the 1940s, [this] novella dwells on . . . the cyclical nature of atrocity . . . in swift prose that slips between its periods and levels with gravity and grace." -Independent, "It is hard to take on the giants of the past without being felled by them, but Celyn Jones and Sheers have done justice to the Mabinogion, and to themselves." -The Times, "A gripping tale of the unexpected that fuses Welsh myth and modern macabre into a superb, bewitching whole." — Sunday Times, "This unsettling, resonant and fantastically strange tale is impossible to pin down . . . the audacity of his vision is energizing, and his precise and elegant phrasing a joy." — Daily Mail, "One of the strengths of Branwen is the matter-of-fact exposition of the most appalling atrocities, and Sheers has wisely chosen a similar understated style . . . and by using the device of the old man telling his story, he retains the essential nature of the medieval tale which would have been recited or read aloud." — The Planet, "[The] core tale is framed by a gripping contemporary story [that] brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original." -Saturday Guardian, "Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material . . . A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home." — Financial Times, "Via the sheep-farming landscapes of today's Wales and the Blitz-hit London of the 1940s, [this] novella dwells on . . . the cyclical nature of atrocity . . . in swift prose that slips between its periods and levels with gravity and grace." -- Independent, "A gripping tale of the unexpected that fuses Welsh myth and modern macabre into a superb, bewitching whole." -Sunday Times, "[The] core tale is framed by a gripping contemporary story [that] brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original." -- Saturday Guardian, "[The] core tale is framed by a gripping contemporary story [that] brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original." — Saturday Guardian, "One of the strengths of Branwen is the matter-of-fact exposition of the most appalling atrocities, and Sheers has wisely chosen a similar understated style . . . and by using the device of the old man telling his story, he retains the essential nature of the medieval tale which would have been recited or read aloud." -The Planet, "The most intriguing aspect of Sheers' take on the myth is the official sanction of mythology, through a government 'investing in superstition.' The use of the bizarre raven mission is a typical authorial technique for Sheers, combining the ancient with the contemporary, the real with the imagined." — The Independent on Sunday (The New Review), "It is hard to take on the giants of the past without being felled by them, but Celyn Jones and Sheers have done justice to the Mabinogion, and to themselves." -- The Times, "One of the strengths of Branwen is the matter-of-fact exposition of the most appalling atrocities, and Sheers has wisely chosen a similar understated style . . . and by using the device of the old man telling his story, he retains the essential nature of the medieval tale which would have been recited or read aloud." -- The Planet, "This unsettling, resonant and fantastically strange tale is impossible to pin down . . . the audacity of his vision is energizing, and his precise and elegant phrasing a joy." -- Daily Mail, "[The] core tale is framed by a gripping contemporary story [that] brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original." -- Saturday Guardian, "This unsettling, resonant and fantastically strange tale is impossible to pin down . . . the audacity of his vision is energizing, and his precise and elegant phrasing a joy." -- Daily Mail, "The most intriguing aspect of Sheers' take on the myth is the official sanction of mythology, through a government 'investing in superstition.' The use of the bizarre raven mission is a typical authorial technique for Sheers, combining the ancient with the contemporary, the real with the imagined." -The Independent on Sunday (The New Review), "The most intriguing aspect of Sheers' take on the myth is the official sanction of mythology, through a government 'investing in superstition.' The use of the bizarre raven mission is a typical authorial technique for Sheers, combining the ancient with the contemporary, the real with the imagined." -- The Independent on Sunday (The New Review), "A gripping tale of the unexpected that fuses Welsh myth and modern macabre into a superb, bewitching whole." -- Sunday Times, "Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material . . . A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home." -- Financial Times, "Via the sheep-farming landscapes of today's Wales and the Blitz-hit London of the 1940s, [this] novella dwells on . . . the cyclical nature of atrocity . . . in swift prose that slips between its periods and levels with gravity and grace." -- Independent, "One of the strengths of Branwen is the matter-of-fact exposition of the most appalling atrocities, and Sheers has wisely chosen a similar understated style . . . and by using the device of the old man telling his story, he retains the essential nature of the medieval tale which would have been recited or read aloud." -- The Planet, "Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material . . . A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home." -Financial Times, "It is hard to take on the giants of the past without being felled by them, but Celyn Jones and Sheers have done justice to the Mabinogion, and to themselves." -- The Times, "Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material . . . A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home." -- Financial Times, "Via the sheep-farming landscapes of today's Wales and the Blitz-hit London of the 1940s, [this] novella dwells on . . . the cyclical nature of atrocity . . . in swift prose that slips between its periods and levels with gravity and grace." — Independent, "It is hard to take on the giants of the past without being felled by them, but Celyn Jones and Sheers have done justice to the Mabinogion, and to themselves." — The Times, White Ravens by Owen Sheers is the first in the series and is based on the tale of Branwen, Daughter of Llyr, one of the most action-packed in the whole myth cycle. This 2009 retelling moves this bloodthirsty tale of Welsh/Irish power struggles and family tensions into the twenty-first century, but retains many of the bizarre and magical happenings of the original. ************************************** New Stories from the Mabinogion is an exciting series of contemporary novels by leading authors, reworking ancient Celtic myth cycles.The first two stories are published in October 2009. Authors so far commissioned are Owen Sheers, Niall Griffiths, Russell Celyn Jones and Gwyneth Lewis. The eleven stories in the Mabinogion are diverse medieval Welsh tales taken from two fourteenth-century manuscripts collating a much earlier oral tradition. They were first translated into English in the nineteenth century. They bring us Celtic mythology, a history of the Island of Britain seen through the eyes of medieval Wales, and include the first appearance in literature of King Arthur but tell tales that stretch way beyond the boundaries of contemporary Wales. There is enchantment and shape-shifting, conflict, peacemaking, love, betrayal. A wife conjured out of flowers is punished for unfaithfulness by being turned into an owl, Arthur and his knights chase a magical wild boar and its piglets from Ireland, across south Wales to Cornwall, a prince changes places with the king of the underworld for a year ... Each author has chosen a story to reinvent and retell for their own reasons and in their own way: creating fresh, contemporary tales which speak to us today, while tapping into a vigorous source of stories still flowing just beneath the surface of our culture.************************************** Reviews: Via the sheep-farming landscapes of todays Wales and the Blitz-hit London of the 1940s, his novella dwells on the cyclical nature of atrocity in swift prose that slips between its periods and levels with gravity and grace. The Independent Sheers makes his 20th-century setting sing but holds on to the otherworldliness of his source material ... A spellbinding fable about male self-destructiveness and the effects of war on those who return home. Financial Times It is hard to take on the giants of the past without being felled by them, but Celyn Jones and Sheers have done justice to the Mabinogion, and to themselves. The Times The most intriguing aspect of Sheers take on the myth is the official sanction of mythology, through a government investing in superstition The use of the bizarre raven mission is a typical authorial technique for Sheers, combining the ancient with the contemporary, the real with the imagined. The Independent on Sunday ( The New Review ) Owen Sheers, White Ravens , reviewed alongside Russell Celyn Jones, The Ninth Wave Seren has had the intriguing idea of asking prominent Welsh authors to reinvent the [Mabinogion] stories []: the assignment has drawn both authors into fresh imaginative territory, without becoming entangled in what Alison, in Garners The Owl Service, ruefully calls the complicated bit: all magic. Saturday Guardian [the] core tale is framed by a gripping contemporary story [] brilliantly absorbs the magical elements of the original Saturday Guardian a gripping tale of the unexpected that fuses Welsh myth and modern macabre into a superb, bewitching whole Sunday Times this unsettling, resonant and fantastically strange tale is impossible to pin down. [] the audacity of his vision is energizing, and his precise and elegant phrasing a joy. Daily Mail One of the strengths of Branwen is the matter-of-fact exposition of the most appalling atrocities, and Sheers has wisely chosen a similar understated style [], and by using the device of the old man telling his story, he retains the essential nature of the medieval tale which would have been recited or read aloud. The Planet, "The most intriguing aspect of Sheers' take on the myth is the official sanction of mythology, through a government 'investing in superstition.' The use of the bizarre raven mission is a typical authorial technique for Sheers, combining the ancient with the contemporary, the real with the imagined." -- The Independent on Sunday (The New Review), "A gripping tale of the unexpected that fuses Welsh myth and modern macabre into a superb, bewitching whole." -- Sunday Times
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Series
New Stories from the Mabinogion Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
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