{"product_id":"9780712355209","title":"Uncanny Ireland","description":"Author: Maria Giakaniki\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712355209\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly the upper rim of the clear setting sun disappeared behind the hill of Knockdoula, and it was twilight. Each child felt the transition like a shock ... and the rounded summit of Lisnavoura, now closely overhanging them, struck them with a new fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIreland's rich literary history has within it a vein of potent fantastic fiction, drawing upon a deep folkloric tradition brimming with tales of the aos s (the people of the fairy mounds), the Otherworld and timeless deities. Writers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries added a new chapter to this tradition, reworking elements of folklore into modern tales of the weird and macabre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by classic authors such as Sheridan Le Fanu and Charlotte Riddell alongside pieces by Lady Gregory, Katharine Tynan, Elizabeth Bowen and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46804345913502,"sku":"ADS-9780712355209","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712355209.jpg?v=1778207410","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712355209","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}