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 Strangers and Pilgrims
- Tales by
- Walter de la Mare
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- Introduction by Mark Valentine
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- 'Walter
de la Mare's stories have a claim to be the most subtle
and strangely powerful depictions of the supernatural in
English fiction of the twentieth century.' So says Mark
Valentine in his introduction to these thirty-one uncanny
tales. Amongst this selection are some of the best known
of de la Mare's stories: 'Seaton's Aunt', 'Out of the
Deep', 'All Hallows', and also some of the more obscure:
'Miss Jemima', 'A Game at Cards', Alice's Godmother'. All
illustrate the writer's enigmatic relationship with
alternative layers of existence and a sense of the
unknown, conveyed in beautifully restrained prose.
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- There
are few overt exterior forces encountered; de la Mare's
characters 'do not have to face monstrosities of any
sort: but they are haunted nevertheless; by loneliness,
by lovelessness, by loss.' This concentration on
'queerness and quiet tragedy' is tempered by the writer's
poetic powers of description, particularly his depiction
of the English countryside. Strangers and
Pilgrims is the definitive collection of de la
Mare's supernatural and psychological stories.
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- Contents: Introduction, A:B:O., The
Moon's Miracle, The Riddle, The Giant, The Quincunx, The
Pear-Tree, The Bird of Travel, Seaton's Aunt, The Vats,
Promise at Dusk, The Creatures, Miss Jemima, The
Looking-Glass, Out of the Deep, Winter, The Green Room,
The Scarecrow, Alice's Godmother, Mr Kempe, A Recluse,
All Hallows, The Game At Cards, Crewe, The House, 'What
Dreams May Come', Strangers and Pilgrims, A Revenant, The
Guardian, An Anniversary, Music, Bad Company,
Bibliographical Information.
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- Strangers and Pilgrims is a sewn
hardback of 510 + xiii pages.
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- Limited
to 500 copies.
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- Price
£35/$70 inc. p&p.
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- ISBN
978-1-905784-02-8
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- Reviews:
- 'This is
a fantastic (in every sense) book of tales.' - Ian
McMillan, The Times, 14th July, 2007.
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- 'A
beautiful edition of supernatural English fiction, subtle
and disquieting rather than out and out frightening.' -
Stuart Maconie, The Guardian, 13th February 2008.
Page updated
16th April 2008
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