Sources
| Source | ID | Link |
|---|---|---|
| GoodReads | 58369018 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58369018 |
| Amazon |
Description
* 15 hours, 36. minutes *
Master storyteller Alan Moore ('Watchmen') delivers an epic audiobook in 12 interconnected stories of lust, madness, and ecstasy.
All tales are set in central England, and span over six thousand years, with the narratives intricately woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim; a fisherman who believes he has become a different species; a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire; a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition; an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic; two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each related tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land.
In the tradition of Kipling's 'Puck of Pook's Hill', 'Schwob's' 'Imaginary Lives', and 'Borges' 'A Universal History of Infamy', Moore travels through history, blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with. the audio.
©1996 Alan Moore (P)2021 New Perspectives, Theatre Company Ltd
Master storyteller Alan Moore ('Watchmen') delivers an epic audiobook in 12 interconnected stories of lust, madness, and ecstasy.
All tales are set in central England, and span over six thousand years, with the narratives intricately woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim; a fisherman who believes he has become a different species; a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire; a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition; an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic; two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each related tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land.
In the tradition of Kipling's 'Puck of Pook's Hill', 'Schwob's' 'Imaginary Lives', and 'Borges' 'A Universal History of Infamy', Moore travels through history, blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with. the audio.
©1996 Alan Moore (P)2021 New Perspectives, Theatre Company Ltd