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The Moon of Gomrath (Collins Voyager)
by: Alan Garner

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007127870
ISBN: 0007127871
Label: CollinsVoyager
Manufacturer: CollinsVoyager
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: September 02, 2002
Publisher: CollinsVoyager
Studio: CollinsVoyager
Sales Rank: 19873

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Another Excellent book from a master
Excellent, extremely well written, for young and old a like, what else can I say.

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- Great book, not for 4-8 year olds
Amazon claims that this CD is for 4-8 year olds. It is not. The Moon of Gomrath, and its predecessor The Wierdstone of Brisinghamen, are probably best suited to 10-14 year olds. I first read them 30 years ago and the darkness of them still lurks in the corners of my memory. They are powerful, well-crafted books that hang in the mind but they are definitely not for 4 year olds even if they don't have to read it themselves.

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- The Suns and Moons of Gomrath
'The Moon of Gomrath' is the wild magical sequel to 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen', set in Alderley Edge in Cheshire of the present day but harking back to the days of Middlearth. Both these stories have a very Tolkienish way about them, it is an interesting exercise to compare and contrast the characters as they are introduced. It is a pity that Garner's books, faring less well than 'The Hobbit', dropped off the literary radar in the 1980's, but with the benefit of Potter power they are now back in style with new artwork on the cover.

Garner's special art is to take a basic swords-and-sorcery story and elevate it into a poetry-and-powers myth with gritty heroes and terrifying villains who hard to defeat and not always easy to spot. ... Read More:

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- Children's fantasy that adults will enjoy
I was sixteen when I first read this book, which turned out to be the sequel to another - the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - which I later read to see what I had missed.

This is the most haunting, lyrical and beautiful of children's novels. The subject matter is deeply influenced by Celtic mythology, but by introducing it into a modern setting the story gains a resonance and power that is often missing from the 'strange tale in a strange land' fantasy commonplace.

One of the best children's novels ever written.

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- Excellent
It is refreshing to remember that before television had assumed its current unassailable ascendancy, when children still had imaginations, there were great writers creating masterpieces of imagination. This is one of them. It and its older sibling, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, stand as outposts of true genius in a modern world filled with mediocrity. At 40 years old, it is as current as if it had been written yesterday.

Robert Powell doesn't do a bad job either!

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