

The Moon of Gomrath
Author: Alan Garner
Narrator: Philip Madoc
Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 07/02/2007
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories
Author: Alan Garner
Narrator: Philip Madoc
Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 07/02/2007
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories
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. He was awarded the OBE in 2001 for his services to literature.
This is a book to read only if you thought it was a favourite as a child. The vivid images it conjures from landscapes and celtic references is excellent, a real fire for the mind if you are young. The downside: old and jaded maturity will grumble about the writing, how rushed it is to the end and i......more
‘The Weirdstone of Brisingamen’ is very much a foundation stone for the rich and beautiful wealth of legends underpinning its sequel. High fantasy melds with Celtic myth and folklore drawn from across the British Isles resulting in pure magic that delights on every page.......more