Smoke Hole (eBook)

Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

Martin Shaw (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
144 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64502-096-7 (ISBN)

Infos

'A modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores. John Densmore, The Doors Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift. David Keenan, author of Xstabeth I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before. Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of The WakeToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives identity, technology, love, seduction, politics celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self.He invites us to use these stories to help find a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture. Smoke Hole is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more. Available now as a podcast! Subscribe to Smoke Hole Sessions to hear amazing conversations between Martin Shaw and some of our most admired writers, actors, comedians, musicians and more, including Sir Mark Rylance and Tommy Tiernan (Derry Girls).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: Black-and-white illustrations throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Archetype • bardskull • best book for grads • book club • classic mythology • courting the wild twin • david keenan • Ethan Hawke • Fable • Folklore • Folktales • Gift Book • gifts for men • gifts for woman • Goddess • Gods • graduation book • Greek • Grief is the Thing with Feathers • Hero • John Densmore • Joseph Campbell • lanny • Legend • Literature • Max Porter • Melissa Harrison • modern fairy tale • Myth • Neil Gaiman • neopaganism • Norse • Pagan • Power • power of myth • Roman • Self Help • Storytelling
• ISBN-10: 1-64502-096-7 / 1645020967
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64502-096-7 / 9781645020967