Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children Unknown - 1985

Edinburgh: Canongate, 1985. A crease to inner edge of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1983, this is a reprint from 1985. A collection of twelve traditional stories told to their children by the Scottish Travelling People. 159pp, a few b&w drawings.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herriot, Alan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canongate Books Ltd, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. In Very Good+ condition. Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain's master story-tellers. During his lifetime he was acclaimed 'the greatest English-speaking storyteller', 'the national monument of British storytelling' and, at his death, Scotland's 'greatest contemporary storyteller'. Fireside Tales, his first book, reveals this artistry and mastery in all its glory. This new edition is edited by his wife, Linda Williamson. Fireside Tales is narrated with an intense commitment to generations of the travelling people, who used animal fables, wonder tales and splendid horror stories to instill in their children moral judgment and a knowledge of right and wrong. At every corner the technical skill of the narrator is revealed, his ingenious mixture of conversation and action, frequent change of pace, use of the first person - all attributes of the born storyteller which compel… Leer más