The Blue Salt Road: A modern fairytale novella from the Sunday Times top-ten bestselling author - Hardcover

Harris, Joanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1473222214 ISBN 13: 9781473222212

Publisher: Gollancz, 2018

Synopsis

An earthly nourris sits and sings
And aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean,
Little ken I my bairn's father,
Far less the land that he staps in.
(Child Ballad, no. 113)

So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man.

Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there - without his memories, separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed.

Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.

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Review:

Dark, quirky, occasionally grim, often hilarious and gloriously bold - Booktopia A mixing of ancient myth with cracking modern story telling, alongside wonderful prose and pace - Falcata Times

Book Description:

A perfect autumn and Christmas read, this combines the harshness of nature with the spookiness of a ghost story and the comfort of a great folk tale, in one beautifully told novella which is stunningly illustrated by Bonnie Hawkins.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1473222214
• ISBN 13: 9781473222212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224