{"product_id":"bardskull-by-martin-shaw-9781789651928","title":"Bardskull","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBardskull\u003c\/em\u003e is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative; rather, it is a sequence of incantations, a series of battles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the three journeys sees Shaw walk alone into a Dartmoor forest and wait. What arrive are stories—fragments of myth that he has carried within him for decades: the deep history of Dartmoor itself; the lives of distant family members; Arthurian legend; and tales from India, Persia, Lapland, the Caucasus, and Siberia. But these stories and their tellers don't arrive as the bearers of solace or easy wisdom. As with all quests, Shaw is entering a domain of traps and tests. \u003cem\u003eBardskull\u003c\/em\u003e can be read as a fable, as memoir, as auto-fiction, or as an attempt to undomesticate myth. It is a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Shaw's work is so very beautiful. A new animal. His love of images is deep and contagious. In the passion of his search, he makes up new words that seem as though we've always known them. His language is tasty and surprising. This elegant combination of very fresh, free verse storytelling, and a deep untangling of myth feels so alive. What will it do next?\u003c\/strong\u003e - Coleman Barks, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Essential Rumi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Shaw is a teacher of profound cultural knowledge, and is a master artist at transmitting it. Those transmissions are subtle and profound. We desperately need his work.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Tony Hoagland, author of \u003cem\u003eApplication For Release From The Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Madeline Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708761866476,"sku":"9781789651928","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789651928-bardskull-1.jpg?v=1791835492","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/bardskull-by-martin-shaw-9781789651928","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}