by Ciaran Carson (Author)
Dazzlingly weaves Irish fairy tales, Ovid's Metamorphoses and the history of the Dutch golden age into the form of a magical alphabet. Carson triumphs over the distinction between fact and fiction in the pleasure of telling his stories.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 22 Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 1862073716
ISBN 13: 9781862073715
Book Overview: Ciaran Carson has been awarded the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize and the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize, as well as the Yorkshire Post Prize for The Star Factory .