{"product_id":"zs5yxm7uv3n0","title":"POWSELS AND THRUMS by Alan Garner [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOne of Britain’s greatest writers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Alan Garner’s world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTreacle Walker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, traces the line of his life: from a working-class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming-of-age in a period of great cultural change, to crossing paths with a famous mathematician while out long-distance running, to the fateful day he chanced across Blackden, the medieval hall, miraculously located next to the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank, that was to become his lasting home and the setting for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTreacle Walker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Garner tells us, a lifetime of working with a pen produces the powsels and thrums of research, imagination and story. These oddments can be shaped into something more than its parts: a vivid tapestry of a creative life that will inspire any reader, and what a celebration it is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlan Garner's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTreacle Walker\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Better than anyone else writing in English today'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A unique genius’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘One of the most distinct and profound writers we have’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327916224762,"sku":"ZS5YXM7UV3N0","price":510.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/ZS5YXM7UV3N0_Cover_1.jpg?v=1732796100","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/zs5yxm7uv3n0","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}