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Collected Folk Tales
Collected Folk Tales | Alan Garner
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The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner.
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Wonderful, and wonder-full!
Some tales are a page long, others a dozen to a score, but all perfectly crafted by the master storyteller.
While mainly selected from Britain, Garner roves the world, from Russia to Turtle Island, from Japan to Africa, and points in-between.
The longest is a vivid retelling of the Ramayana, one of the shorter and weirder is that of Great Head. Odin and Loki appear, and there are phantom dogs, giants, goblins, quests ⬇️

Bookwomble ... and voyages, youngest sons, princesses, talking animals, witches, wizards, priests, warriors and The Old Ways.
Phantasmagorically kaleidoscopic! 5 Golden ⭐
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"There was a hill that ate people."
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Although blurbed as being British folk tales, Garner's selection in the first few stories I've read includes Britain, Guatemala, Ireland and Japan: he's always more interesting than he's given credit for, I think.
He says that the voice he's used in the stories is that of his grandfather, retrieving the stories from literary amber and restoring the flow and immediacy of oral storytelling from which the tales originate. I love Alan Garner 💖

Bookwomble The bouquet of flowers in the photo are well past their best, but I like their decaying Miss Haversham vibe, and they still smell sweet 🥀 1y
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