{"product_id":"9781805330974","title":"The Living Stones : Cornwall","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ithell Colquhoun\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCornwall\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 January 2025 by PUSHKIN PRESS (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 23mm | 212g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Colquhoun's unique artistic vision shines through like at no time in recent history' - \u003ci\u003eArt UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Colquhoun's time-travelling survey of Cornwall's culture and history brings ghosts and dead landscapes to life all around you' - Stewart Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePainter Ithell Colquhoun arrives in Cornwall in the late 1940s, searching for a studio and a refuge from bombed-out London. So begins a profound lifelong relationship with Britain's westernmost county, a land surrounded by sea and steeped in myth, where the ancient Celtic past reaches into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSacred and beautiful, wild and weird, Colquhoun's Cornwall is a living landscape, where every tree, standing stone and holy well is a palimpsest of folklore - and a place where everyday reality speaks to the world beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Edward Parnell, the PEN Ackerley shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eGhostland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIthell Colquhoun (1906-1988) was born in British India and brought up in the United Kingdom. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and started exhibiting her paintings in the 1930s, gaining some renown as one of the few women associated with British Surrealism. She began visiting Cornwall during the Second World War, and eventually moved there, continuing to write, paint, and pursue the study of the occult until her death. As well as \u003ci\u003eThe Living Stones: Cornwall\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of the Wind: Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eGoose of Hermogenes\u003c\/i\u003e, both forthcoming from Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ithell Colquhoun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839339737437,"sku":"9781805330974","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781805330974.jpg?v=1780058164","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781805330974","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}