In "Red Shift", conventional time means even less, and physical space even more. Lives which appear to be lived in different historical periods are bound together by a power that is outside space and time. "At the bottom level, my stories have to work as entertainment, keep a reader turning the page to find out what happens next. At the top level, they have to work for me, say what I want to express. In fact, I must write poetry, making words work on more than one level, subjecting myself to the poetic disciplines - pace, compression, simplicity." Alan Garner's book "The Owl Service" was widely acclaimed: "Without doubt, Mr. Alan Garner is one of the most exciting writers for young people today. He is producing work with strong plot structure, perceptive characterisation and vivid language." - Times Educational Supplement". ""The Owl Service" is not meant only for children or anyone else; it's a novel; and not many better novels will be published this year." - John Rowe Townsend, "The Guardian". "Alan Garner is one of the outstanding present-day writers for children; and "The Owl Service" takes him a step further into more magical, legendary adult worlds than he's gone so far." - Isabel Quigly, "Catholic Herald". "No confirmation of the stature of Alan Garner as a writer of children's fiction is needed; if it were, his latest novel, "The Owl Service", would establish it beyond doubt." - "Financial Times".
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Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books.
His fourth book, ‘The Owl Service’ brought Alan Garner to everyone’s attention. It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.
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Vendeur : Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australie
Hard Cover. Etat : VG-. Etat de la jaquette : VG. First Edition. VG-/VG. 8vo. original black boards gilt (ex-library with some rsms, pocket etc. to outer leaves, as usual, one fore-corner folded, but generally quite crisp and little used) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, razor slit to lower flap, spine a trifle sunned, externally unmarked); pp. 158. A very good copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 008346
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Vendeur : Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Macmillan, London, 1973, Hardcover First Edition. Book is Very Good minus, light soiling on the text edges, internally clean and unmarked, binding is tight. Dust Jacket is Good minus; 5 or 6 closed tears, wear at the corners and top/bottom of spine, price clipped - jacket comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve which should clean things up a bit. N° de réf. du vendeur 002414
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Vendeur : HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. HarperCollinsChildrenâsBooks 1973, first thus. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Clipped Dust Jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000941957
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Vendeur : PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First edition hard cover, with clipped dust jacket, both in good condition. Light shelf and handling wear, including minor creasing to edges, corners and folds, small open tear noted at rear fold top, and light tanning to DJ edges and pageblock head. Boards are bowed slightly, pages tightly bound, and content is unmarked. CN. Used. N° de réf. du vendeur 541836
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Vendeur : Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. . Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. N° de réf. du vendeur Z1-B-013-02621
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Vendeur : MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 1973 Collins hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ dustjacket. Not ex-libray, a clean bright copy. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1703257325162
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