An earthly nourris sits and singsAnd aye she sings,"Ba lilly wean,Little ken I my bairn's father,Far less the land that he staps in. (Child Ballad,no. 113)
So begins a stunning tale of love,loss and revenge,against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas,and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss,love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless,wild young man.
Passion drew him to a new world,and trickery has kept him there - without his memories,separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life,so he learns that his notions of home,and your people,might not be as fixed as he believed.
Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins,this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781473222212Number of pages: 224Weight: 278 gDimensions: 202 x 132 x 22 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Dark,quirky,occasionally grim,often hilarious and gloriously bold'- Booktopia
'A mixing of ancient myth with cracking modern story telling,alongside wonderful prose and pace'- Falcata Times
Joanne Harris
Following two relatively niche novels,Joanne Harris achieved worldwide acclaim with her self-proclaimed'funny little book'Chocolat,a delicious tale of belonging and temptation of which the Literary Review famously asked,'is this the best book ever written'Further tales in the Chocolat universe followed,but Harris has wasted no time in spreading her very capable wings into other genres,including the YA universe of the Rune series and even a Doctor Who novella. Her Malbry series - based around the exploits at St Oswald's Grammar school in the fictional town of Malbry - plays perfectly to Harris's strengths,combining deft characterisation with a typically nuanced,multi-layered narrative. The latest in the Chocolat sequence,The Strawberry Thief,was published in 2019.
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