A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker
Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the extraordinary tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among the Aborigines for thirty years.
In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the Aboriginal spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.
'A remarkable feat of literary imagination' Sunday Times
| ISBN: | 9781860461613 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 1997 |
| Author: | Alan Garner |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 199 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Shamanism, paganism and Druidry |
A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker
Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the extraordinary tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among the Aborigines for thirty years.
In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the Aboriginal spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.
'A remarkable feat of literary imagination' Sunday Times
Strandloper features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Shamanism, paganism and Druidry
Strandloper is available in Paperback
Strandloper was written by Alan Garner and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Strandloper has 199 pages