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Ordinary Wonder Tales

Af: Emily Urquhart Engelsk Paperback

Ordinary Wonder Tales

Af: Emily Urquhart Engelsk Paperback
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday.

“I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories.” In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm—or the onset of a loved one’s dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.

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Shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday.

“I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories.” In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm—or the onset of a loved one’s dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781771965057
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1771965053
Udg. Dato: 15 dec 2022
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 136mm
Forlag: Biblioasis
Oplagsdato: 15 dec 2022
Forfatter(e): Emily Urquhart
Forfatter(e) Emily Urquhart


Kategori Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger


ISBN-13 9781771965057


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 209mm


Højde 136mm


Udg. Dato 15 dec 2022


Oplagsdato 15 dec 2022


Forlag Biblioasis