Powsels And Thrums

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'I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN

'One of Britain's greatest writers' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Alan Garner's world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous' GUARDIAN

In this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working-class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer.

We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming-of-age in a period of great cultural change, to crossing paths with a famous mathematician while out long-distance running, to the fateful day he chanced across Blackden, the medieval hall, miraculously located next to the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank, that was to become his lasting home and the setting for Treacle Walker.

As Garner tells us, a lifetime of working with a pen produces the powsels and thrums of research, imagination and story. These oddments can be shaped into something more than its parts: a vivid tapestry of a creative life that will inspire any reader, and what a celebration it is.

Alan Garner's book Treacle Walker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022.

'Better than anyone else writing in English today' THE TIMES

'A unique genius' NEW STATESMAN

'One of the most distinct and profound writers we have' GUARDIAN

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780008725211
Published: October 2024

Number of pages: 176
Width: 141 mm
Height: 222 mm
Depth: 27 mm

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers