{"product_id":"pans-garden-incredible-adventures-paperback","title":"Pan's Garden \/ Incredible Adventures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlgernon Blackwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMike Ashley\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eTim Lebbon\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAN'S GARDEN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePan's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is a thematic collection of stories which, in the words of the author, \"illustrates that characteristic belief, present in all my work, that there exists a definite relationship between Human Beings and Nature.\" From the opening novella, \"The Man Whom the Trees Loved\"--in which Nature welcomes and absorbs the soul of a man--to the concluding \"The Temptations of the Clay\"--in which Nature rejects the spirit of the man who tries to profit from it--we are transported into a natural world where the elements hold sway. Mike Ashley, in his introduction, calls \u003cem\u003ePan's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e \"the definitive volume of Blackwood's short stories. . . because it defines the true nature of Blackwood's writing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINCREDIBLE ADVENTURES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncredible Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e represents what biographer Mike Ashley calls \"the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elast outburst of his golden period\" and is comprised of three novellas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand two short stories. Here, nature is a living force, truth is the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eonly religion and the past holds sway over the present. At times almost\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esurreal in their intensity, these tales exert a strange power over the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereader, opening our eyes to a larger world around us. From the rugged\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emountains of Eastern Europe in \"The Regeneration of Lord Ernie\" to the\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003evast deserts of Egypt in \"A Descent Into Egypt,\" Blackwood takes us to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eother places--and other worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 442\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107420115079,"sku":"9781933586151","price":25.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/60774e015bd94cefbd8e288dc0112670.webp?v=1732455484","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pans-garden-incredible-adventures-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}