The Dreamfighter and Other Creation Tales - Softcover

Hughes, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571175678 ISBN 13: 9780571175673

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1996

Synopsis

In this third volume of creation stories by Ted Hughes, God is still hard at work fashioning his creatures, breathing life into his clay. He has some triumphant successes but as always there are mistakes, and he has to keep his wits about him when the more tiresome inventions need conning into being something else. He is a brilliant, mischievous and wily God, brought to life himself in these mesmerizing tales by a master storyteller.

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Review:

'A veritable ecstasy of the imagination.' Leon Garfield; 'This is a book any child or adult should relish.' Matthew Sweeney, Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber and Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0571175678
• ISBN 13: 9780571175673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196