The Blue Salt Road
A modern fairytale novella from the Sunday Times top-ten bestselling author
$32.49
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2018
Summary
An earthly nourris sits and sings And aye she sings, “Ba lilly wean, Little ken I my bairn’s father, Far less the land that he staps in.” (Child Ballad, no. 113)
So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. THE BLUE SALT ROAD balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology arou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473222212 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473222214 |
| Author: | Joanne Harris |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Thought provoking and evocative– Tor.com
Dark, quirky, occasionally grim, often hilarious and gloriously bold - Booktopia
A mixing of ancient myth with cracking modern story telling, alongside wonderful prose and pace - Falcata TimesAbout The Author
Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE.
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