{"product_id":"the-ragthorn-paperback","title":"The Ragthorn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGarry Kilworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Holdstock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the World Fantasy Award \"I am placing this entry at the beginning of my edited journal for reasons that will become apparent. Time is very short for me now, the final part of the ritual draws near...\u003cbr\u003e I cannot pretend that I am not frightened.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere were these two British writers, one lived in the country, the other in the city. The country writer loved to visit the city and partake of brandy and Greek kebabs in the local hostelry. The city writer liked to visit the country and guzzle ale and barbecued steak under the apple trees. The two writers needed an excuse for these indulgences, and so they invented one, and this excuse was called \"collaborating on a story\" ... It soon emerged that the story was to be about a legendary tree, which they both vaguely recalled from the tales their grandfathers used to tell them of mystery and myth. Soon they were delving with suppressed excitement into old documents at the British Museum and began to come up with some frightening discoveries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first of these finds was in studying the original text, in Anglo-Saxon, of the Old English poem \"The Dream of the Rood\". The marrying of the \"tree\" (crucifixion cross) and the \"thorn\" (a runic character) was too elaborately regular to be an accident of metre or alliterative language. Other discoveries followed, and the story gradually surfaced, like a dark secret from its burial mound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ragthorn\u003c\/i\u003e: a dark and unsettling World Fantasy Award-winning novella by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included in this volume, two bonus stories: \"The Fabulous Beast\" by Garry Kilworth, and \"The Charisma Trees\" by Robert Holdstock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Holdstock: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Britain's best fantasist ... these are the visions of a real artist.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Our finest living mythmaker. His narratives - intense, exuberant, earthy, passionate, dense with metaphor - are new trails through the ancient forest of our imaginations. An essential writer.' - Stephen Baxter\u003cbr\u003e 'No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood.' - Michael Moorcock\u003cbr\u003e 'A new expression of the British genius for true fantasy.' - Alan Garner, on \u003ci\u003eMythago Wood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGarry Kilworth: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Garry Kilworth is arguably the finest writer of short fiction today, in any genre.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Kilworth is one of the most significant writers in the English language.' - \u003ci\u003eFear Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Probably one of the finest writers of short stories Britain has ever produced.' - \u003ci\u003eBookstove Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Kilworth is a master of his trade.' - \u003ci\u003ePunch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740396130367,"sku":"9781512281255","price":21.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0b56b0efd58c5d148a5a3a17cbb2b8e9.webp?v=1765159987","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-ragthorn-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}