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The Crying of the Wind: Ireland
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Crying of the Wind: Ireland
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ithell Colquhoun
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Introduction by Stewart Lee
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:200 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems Classic travel writing |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780720618945
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Classifications | Dewey:914.15 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Peter Owen Publishers
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Imprint |
Peter Owen Publishers
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Publication Date |
6 October 2016 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Crying of the Wind and The Living Stones make up British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun's unique memoirs and travelogues, reprinted for the first time since 1957, now with an introduction by acclaimed comedian Stewart Lee. In The Crying of the Wind Colquhoun's travels in Ireland provide a fascinating and romantic key to the country's Celtic past. The British surrealist painter and writer Ithell Colquhoun recalls episodes from her travels in Ireland as a young woman turning her back on the modern world and setting out across the unruly Irish countryside. Here, among the holy wells, monasteries and tumuli, she finds a canvas on which her sensibility and animist beliefs can freely express themselves. Her style is beguiling, her voice sincere, and through her unique perceptions we discover a land that is fiercely alive and compelling. It is a place where the wind cries, the stones tell old tales and the mountains watch over the roads and those who travel on them. By intuiting the eerie magic of Ireland, Colquhoun casts her own spell. She offers up a land of myth and legend, stripped of its modern signs, at the same time offering herself to the reader in this portrait of the artist as a young woman.
Author Biography
Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) was a painter and writer whose works contributed greatly to the British Surrealist movement before and after World War II. Her phantasmagoric landscapes and penetrating portraits hang on the walls of major galleries across the UK. Her work is informed by a profound understanding of animism, the esoteric and the occult. These preoccupations are most observable in her writing, such as Goose of Hermogenes and I Saw Water. Stewart Lee is an award-winning stand up comedian and writer.
Reviews"I swear this book burns invisibly with its own quiet and consoling heat." --Stewart Lee, comedian
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