Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature - Couverture souple

Patterson, James J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1942892349 ISBN 13 : 9781942892342

Editeur : Alan Squire Press, 2023

Synopsis

In the world of Junk Shop Window, nothing is quite what it seems. A visit to the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere, England, results in a meeting with a telepathic dog. A trip to see the Irish Rovers on St. Patrick’s Day becomes slapstick worthy of the I Love Lucy show. An attempt to record the right background sounds for a Sherlock Holmes radio play opens a doorway in time to the world of a century ago. And Hermes, the messenger god, appears in various guises, relaying sometimes cryptic, sometime life-saving messages. In these pages, Patterson offers us a curiosity shop of the mind, in which everyday encounters yield unexpected gems. Seen through this author’s eyes, our contemporary world is full of portals into myth and history, leading to serious questions about the nature of time itself. Add a little alchemy, a dash of metaphysics, some scholarship, and some well-earned humor, and you’re inside Junk Shop Window, where every experience gleams with insight, and the world is at once more strange and more deeply beautiful than you ever knew.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James J. Patterson is a keen student of history, literary and otherwise. An autodidact, his role models are the medieval goliards, traveling musicians who wandered from town to town, gathering insights and experiences to retell in stories and songs. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alan Squire Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1942892349
• ISBN 13: 9781942892342
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 230
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible