The People Of The Sea: Celtic Legends And Myths: Celtic Tales of the Seal-folk (Canongate Classics) (Canongate Classics S) - Softcover

9781841951072: The People Of The Sea: Celtic Legends And Myths: Celtic Tales of the Seal-folk (Canongate Classics) (Canongate Classics S)
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David Thomson visited the remote sea coasts of the Scottish Isles and the West of Ireland on journeys in search of the legends of the selchies - mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans.

A magical world emerged, in which men are rescued by seals in stormy seas, take seal-women for their wives and have their children suckled by seal-mothers. Mysterious and fascinating, these stories retain their spellbinding charm through Thomson's beautiful prose. The People of the Sea is a timeless and haunting book, rich in rewards and surprises.

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"Readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure . . . these stories have an irresistible holistic beauty" (Seamus Heaney)

"A splendid resurrection of a life that has almost vanished" (Daily Telegraph)

"I know of few books which so ably open a window on the Gaelic scene today or which so faithfully reflect the mind, vigour and courtesy of its people . . . Pounds on the imagination like surf on a reef" (The Observer)
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With an introduction by Seamus Heaney

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  • PublisherCanongate Books
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 1841951072
  • ISBN 13 9781841951072
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages256
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