Red Shift
By (Author) Alan Garner
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
2nd December 2002
6th July 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
192
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
140g
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
"A magnificently multilayered novel... and a superbly exciting piece of literature." The Times "...A work of poetic imagination that will keep any adult mind at full stretch." Daily Mail "A bitter, complex, brilliant book." Ursula Le Guin
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.