Almanacs: a mythic scrapbook, bag of cats, a one-man band...Jen Hadfield's Almanacs is concerned with lists, rules and archetypes and what they don't account for. It takes as its subjects the Tarot, the lore of Full Moons, weather myths and travellers' tales. The book's central sequence, Lorelei's Lore, is a road movie in poems, set in the north of
Almanacs is concerned with lists, rules and archetypes and what they don''t account for. It takes as its subjects the Tarot, the lore of Full Moons, weather myths and travellers'' tales.
The central sequence Lorelei''s Lore is a road movie in poems, set in the north of Scotland: Ultima Thule, hijacked by elusive sirens and Harrier jets. There''s the ruthless Lorelei, gorgeous Ghosty who''s given up on everything except the Road, and Skerryman, patron saint of bad weather and absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder.
- | Author: Jen Hadfield
- | Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Feb 24, 2005
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781852246877
- | ISBN-10: 1852246871
