Red Shift
Published on 14. May 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-00-674295-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the author of the Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
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 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?
Reviews / Votes
"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
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Interest Age: From 12 to 14 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
106 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-674295-1 (9780006742951)
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Person
Alan Garner was born in Cheshire, where he still lives today. His first book -The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - was published in 1960.