Red Shift - Softcover

Garner, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006742955 ISBN 13: 9780006742951

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 1999

Synopsis

From the author of the Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service

A disturbing exploration of the inevitability of life.

Under Orion’s stars, bluesilver visions torment Tom, Macey and Thomas as they struggle with age-old forces. Distanced from each other in time, and isolated from those they live among, they are yet inextricably bound together by the sacred power of the moon’s axe and each seek their own refuge at Mow Cop.

Can those they love so intensely keep them clinging to reality? Or is the future evermore destined to reflect the past?

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Under Orion's stars, bluesilver visions torment Macey, Thomas and Tom as they struggle with age-old forces. Distanced from each other in time and isolated from those they live among, they are yet inextricably bound together by the sacred power of the moon's axe, each seeking his own refuge at Mow Cop.

Can those they love so intensely keep them clinging to reality? Or is the future eternally destined to reflect the past?

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006742955
• ISBN 13: 9780006742951
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192