The Wicked Wood (Tales from the Tower Volume Two)
Author | : Isobelle Carmody |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781742694610 |
ISBN-13 | : 1742694616 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In this companion to The Wilful Eye, six much-loved writers - Catherine Bateson, Victor Kelleher, Cate Kennedy, Maureen McCarthy, Nan McNab and Kate Thompson - give fresh voice to age-old stories of abandonment, desire and entrapment. Praise for Volume One: 'The writers in The Wilful Eye imbue all of their characters, including the villains, with a deep sense of psychological realism, producing often tender, engaging, and insightful results. Unnamed soldiers and hideous beasts are given a voice, even if that voice is at times unsettling, and wolves are still wolves, however they disguise themselves.' Australian Book Review 'sublime, with each tale landing a punch squarely between the old and the new, bewitching and terrifying.' Australian Bookseller & Publisher