{"product_id":"ghostland-in-search-of-a-haunted-country-9780008271992","title":"Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An exciting new voice' Mark Cocker, author of \u003cem\u003eCrow Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what comes after death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGhostland\u003c\/em\u003e, Parnell goes in search of the 'sequestered places' of the British Isles, our lonely moors, our moss-covered cemeteries, our stark shores and our folkloric woodlands. He explores how these landscapes conjured and shaped a kaleidoscopic spectrum of literature and cinema, from the ghost stories and weird fiction of M. R. James, Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood to the children's fantasy novels of Alan Garner and Susan Cooper; from W. G. Sebald's \u003cem\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/em\u003e and Graham Swift's \u003cem\u003eWaterland\u003c\/em\u003e to the archetypal 'folk horror' film \u003cem\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/em\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhostland\u003c\/em\u003e is Parnell's moving exploration of what has haunted our writers and artists - and what is haunting him. It is a unique and elegiac meditation on grief, memory and longing, and of the redemptive power of stories and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Parnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008271992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Parnell lives near Norwich and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. He has been the recipient of an Escalator Award from the National Centre for Writing and a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. His novel \u003cem\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/em\u003e was the winner of the Rethink New Novels Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093380497523,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_489a3944-9df0-4773-be1a-7e4b5d239af9.jpg?v=1748527199","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ghostland-in-search-of-a-haunted-country-9780008271992","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}