Strandloper
Will be published approx. on 25. February 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-00-867223-2 (ISBN)
Description
A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the incredible tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among Indigenous Australians for thirty years.
In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.
Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the incredible tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among Indigenous Australians for thirty years.
In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.
Reviews / Votes
'A remarkable feat of literary imagination' Sunday Times'A work of terrible beauty' Observer
'Strandloper's vision is cosmic and as elusive as a rainbow... The ending gathers the words into a powerful cry for wisdom that recognises the ineffable' Sydney Morning Herald
'A novel as uncompromising and bright as anything this talented author has ever produced' Daily Telegraph
'I know of little in recent fiction more moving than the final section of this novel... Garner's ambitious subject is matched by an astounding mastery of technique' New Statesman
'Garner is his own man ... taut, powerful, credible' Penelope Lively, Independent
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-867223-2 (9780008672232)
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Alan Garner is an English novelist best known for his fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. He was born in Cheshire in 1934 and his childhood was spent in Alderley Edge, where his family has lived for more than four hundred years. His fourth book, The Owl Service, won The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a TV series. It has established itself as a contemporary classic and Garner as a writer of distinction. In 2022, his novel Treacle Walker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded the OBE in 2001 for his services to literature.