Treacle Walker: Alan Garner
Feb. 8th, 2022 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloTreacle Walker is about:
The training of a bard
The making of a magician
The matter of Britain
The alchemical quest
Death and rebirth
It operates at the limits of what can be comprehended and said in words.
I had thought Boneland was going to be the final statement of Alan Garner's extraordinary career; I was wrong. It was more like a consolidation of knowledge and a gathering of strength for this further leap.
The training of a bard
The making of a magician
The matter of Britain
The alchemical quest
Death and rebirth
It operates at the limits of what can be comprehended and said in words.
I had thought Boneland was going to be the final statement of Alan Garner's extraordinary career; I was wrong. It was more like a consolidation of knowledge and a gathering of strength for this further leap.
