{"product_id":"9781908058843","title":"Stranger in the Mask of a Deer by Richard Skelton","description":"Stranger in the Mask of a Deer conjures an elemental, dreamlike narrative ranging from the present to the Late-Upper Palaeolithic, when the British peninsula was gradually reoccupied by humans and animals returning from the greater continent after the Ice Age.   Richard Skelton began this book-length poem many years ago with the intention of exploring the history of Britain's landscape, only for the text to transform into a kind of literary seance, involving both human and other-than-human voices. Its transforming power lies in the accumulative magic of the word as ritual. Skelton's is a mesmeric lyric, probing the edges of consciousness towards a place where 'there are always presences \/ always inherences \/ things beyond sight.''An incredibly moving, essential meditation on where we have come from, where we are, and where we are headed.'-Kerri ni Dochartaigh\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308395737461,"sku":"9781908058843","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781908058843.jpg?v=1762807431","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781908058843","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}