Swim the Moon
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312877935 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Given how closely the author's last name resembles his hero's, one has to wonder whether an autobiographical element animates this eerie tale of love and loss. Brennan's music comes wondrously alive in rhythmic prose and elusively shifting imagery, proving that myth and legend are inseparable parts of being a folk musician. When lovely, enigmatic Ailish appears at the seaside, dancing and singing rapturously in the silvery Scottish moonlight, Brennan joins his music and his soul to hers. Alone in the isolated bothy (cottage) alive with ghosts, Brennan fears for his sanity, his mind tormented by ghastly visions of the sodden corpses of his forefathers, but eventually his psychic wounds start to heal. One pays for the other, as the bards know, "when sea-girls wake us, and we drown." De
Beautiful writing A Customer This is a puzzle: although this book was beautifully written, and makes me want to go Scotland, something didn't click for me. The premise is great, the characters are finemaybe it is a bit overwritten, with too much description and not enough really happening. Maybe a bit too much "naval-gazing" I think a strong edit would have helped a lot. But I can see that this is a book where this opinion could well be a minority. This new author seems to have great potential a. Good Story The idea of the story is very well though of. There is a lot of depth to the character's and their history that proves the author's ability to write. This book also includes very good scenery descriptions that make you feel like you are in Scotland with the characters. The reason why I rated this book so low is becausewellnot much HAPPENS. It wasn;t one of those books with an intruiging plot so that you just can't set it down. I would pick it up every once and a whil. A touch of magic A Customer I've heard those multi-volume fantasy epics are described by publishers as "extended fantasy products." It's a sign that fantasy these days is dominated more by marketers than by storytellers. So when a new and fresh approach comes along that defies genre, that grounds itself in a reality that we know and yet takes us to another world in our imagination, it can only be a good thing. Paul Brandon has offered us that new and fresh approach, and I for one am delighted.S
Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman who's ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic-a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul.. A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland.After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of hi