Lady Godiva and Me
By Liam Guilar
Friday, July 6, 2018
Alan Garner Conclusion
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The original attempt to explain why I admire Alan Garner's writing was split over four blog posts. Although it's a work in progress...
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Alan Garner 4, Learning how to read, the value of reading.
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WARNING: OPINIONATING IN PROGRESS Things I learnt. Should you rush off now and read Alan Garner? No, he’s my author, find your own....
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Alan Garner 3 Thursbitch and Boneland
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Phase three: Sui Generis. Thursbitch 2003 and Boneland 2012. Because this is about Garner, I am allowed one apparently unbelie...
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Alan Garner 2a Strandloper
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'Becoming difficult'. Strandloper 1996. I reread Red shift on a regular basis. But if there are three phrases in Garne...
Friday, June 15, 2018
Liam O’Flynn, uilleann piper, born 15 April 1945; died 14 March 2018
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I am so grateful I heard this man's playing. Borrowed tapes, scratched records, then all the way from Australia to Dublin to hear him l...
Alan Garner 2/3 The Owl Service and Red Shift
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Part two: Escaping a Genre. The Owl Service 1967 and Red Shift 1973 . Reading the novels backwards in chronological sequence, ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Alan Garner 1/3
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Do not waver into language Do not waver in it. Seamus Heaney. Or, Treasure the text that rattles your worl...
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