The Stone Book Quartet edition by Alan Garner Literature Fiction eBooks
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A classic work of rural magic realism from one of Britain’s greatest children’s novelists.
Through four interconnected fables of a way of living in rural England that has now disappeared, Alan Garner vividly brings to life a landscape situated on the outskirts of industrial Manchester.
Smiths and chandlers, steeplejacks and quarrymen, labourers and artisans they all live and work hand in hand with the seasons, the elements and the land. There is a mutual respect and a knowledge of the magical here that has somehow, somewhere been lost to us. These fables beautifully recapture and restore that lost world in simple, searching prose.
The Stone Book Quartet edition by Alan Garner Literature Fiction eBooks
One of the most beautifully crafted books of all time. This is purportedly a children's/young adult novel but the writing is so fine, thoughtful and economical that it (as Garner's other works) can surely be called a classic for all ages. If you discovered it as a child/young adult it will accompany you your whole life long and you will find new beauty at each reread. Through the eyes of children, Garner describes the ancient crafts of the stonemason, the smith, the reaper, with an eye for fine detail, a feel for local habits of speech, and above all an acute sense of an almost mystical heritage, the beauty and accomplishment of the ancient crafts and the simple wisdom of their practitioners, past and present. The four books each delve into an event in the lives of four generations of craftsmen in northwest England, apparently based on Garner's own family. There is a clear emphasis on the physical, emotional and even spiritual links between generations.Product details
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The Stone Book Quartet edition by Alan Garner Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Alan Garner's quartet of novellas follows a working class family through four generations in Cheshire, (northern England). The stories are written in regional dialect, however, they are very accesible and enjoyable. Garner is, primarily, a writer of children's literature and it is perhaps, therefore, no surprise that his stories focus on the child characters in each generation. A little serious and quaint, however, the stories are engaging and intensely well crafted.
These books are better appreciated by young adults in the 16 years+ (and even more so by not-so-young adults!)They are wonderfully subtle and young people may not appreciate the beauty of the writing or the quiet character development. They are small jewels of rare beauty--but glowing rather than sparkling. I learned only later that these are stories based on Alan Garner's own family history---they stretch back at least 100 years or more into the past. My favorite of the four stories is the first in chronological order the Stone Book. It beautifully weaves the past and present telling the tale of a stone-cutter and his daughter who wants, more than any other gift, to own a real book at a time when the price of a book was beyond the family's financial means. The father crafts a stone book, perfect-in-every-detail, for the girl to carry to church (a gift which at first disappoints her in the way that handmade clothes disappoint children who want "story-bought" fashions). As I read on to the underground scene (where the father reveals how his family got their distinctive carved "stone mark" signature),I could feel the hair raising at the back of my neck...it is very powerfully written and one of my favorite "reading" memories.
Please read the reviews on the .co.uk site--Alan Garner is better known in Britain---they are excellent and say better than I can what the books are all about. BUT PLEASE READ THESE BOOKS--THEY ARE SO WONDERFUL!!! I highly recommend them. I have never forgotten these books and bought a set for each of my four children....I love them!
a good addition to my Alan Garner collection
Words and their meanings mesh and fold into nature and its meanings in this amazingly sparsely written work by Garner. The stories appear simple but the truths this small book portrays are layered in the living myths of our time.
Four snapshots taken over lifetimes. Each centers on a child, who may (or may not) appear as an adult in the later books. Not much in the way of plot, and the language is difficult, so if this is a children's story at all, then it is a children's story for exceptional children. But it's a beautiful portrait of time and change and the knowledge of craftsmen.
One of the most beautifully crafted books of all time. This is purportedly a children's/young adult novel but the writing is so fine, thoughtful and economical that it (as Garner's other works) can surely be called a classic for all ages. If you discovered it as a child/young adult it will accompany you your whole life long and you will find new beauty at each reread. Through the eyes of children, Garner describes the ancient crafts of the stonemason, the smith, the reaper, with an eye for fine detail, a feel for local habits of speech, and above all an acute sense of an almost mystical heritage, the beauty and accomplishment of the ancient crafts and the simple wisdom of their practitioners, past and present. The four books each delve into an event in the lives of four generations of craftsmen in northwest England, apparently based on Garner's own family. There is a clear emphasis on the physical, emotional and even spiritual links between generations.
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