{"product_id":"9780712355209","title":"Uncanny Ireland : Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Maria Giakaniki\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 June 2024 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e217 x 155 x 32mm | 708g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Suddenly the upper rim of the clear setting sun disappeared behind the hill of Knockdoula, and it was twilight. Each child felt the transition like a shock ... and the rounded summit of Lisnavoura, now closely overhanging them, struck them with a new fear.'Ireland's rich literary history has within it a vein of potent fantastic fiction, drawing upon a deep folkloric tradition brimming with tales of the aos si (the people of the fairy mounds), the Otherworld and timeless deities. Writers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries added a new chapter to this tradition, reworking elements of folklore into modern tales of the weird and macabre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing stories by classic authors such as Sheridan Le Fanu and Charlotte Riddell alongside pieces by Lady Gregory, Katharine Tynan, Elizabeth Bowen and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maria Giakaniki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839692616029,"sku":"9780712355209","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780712355209.jpg?v=1780059471","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780712355209","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}