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Far North & Other Dark Tales
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Far North & Other Dark Tales Paperback - 2008

by Sara Maitland

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From the publisher

More modern traditional tales' from an acknowledged master of the genre, drawing on the author's deep knowledge of classical mythology and traditional stories from every continent. Far North', based on an Inuit myth, is set among desperate women in the frozen north surviving against all odds. Here is a new version of the Grimms' tale of the seven swan brothers and their sister's vow of silence; the Sirens justify the mayhem they wreak on the Greek sailors, while a tribe struggles over the tattooing of babies in the Amazon, Sheherazade is still trying to stay alive by telling stories, and the Princess Kalito tries to free both her feet and her heart from their bindings. An entertaining and through-provoking piece. The Midwest Book Review

Details

  • Title Far North & Other Dark Tales
  • Author Sara Maitland
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition (I
  • Pages 252
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcadia Books, United Kingdom
  • Publication date 2008
  • ISBN 9781904559276 / 1904559271
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5 x 0.75 in (19.81 x 12.70 x 1.91 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Sara Maitland is an acclaimed writer who won the Somerset Maugham Award with her first novel; she is the author of five further novels and six collections of short stories, as well as works on feminism and theology. She contributes regularly to broadsheet papers, literary magazines and the BBC. She lives in Scotland.

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