It is a unique and elegiac meditation on grief, memory and longing, and of the redemptive power of stories and nature. Ghostland is Parnell's moving exploration of what has haunted our writers and artists - and what is haunting him. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn and Graham Swift's Waterland to the archetypal 'folk horror' film The Wicker Man. James, Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood to the children's fantasy novels of Alan Garner and Susan Cooper from W. He explores how these landscapes conjured and shaped a kaleidoscopic spectrum of literature and cinema, from the ghost stories and weird fiction of M.

In Ghostland, Parnell goes in search of the 'sequestered places' of the British Isles, our lonely moors, our moss-covered cemeteries, our stark shores and our folkloric woodlands. In Ghostland, Edward Parnell goes in search of the haunted and uncanny places of the British Isles, from lonely moors to moss-covered cemeteries, from barren East Anglian shores to mysterious and ancient woodlands. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, según se detalla en nuestro Aviso de cookies. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what comes after death.

Edward Parnells Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country is part travel log. In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. Author Edward Parnell Publisher William Collins Price 16.99 Released Out Now. 'An exciting new voice' Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country 'A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare

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