Dusk-Born Child: A Novel of Old Ireland
DUSK-BORN CHILD is a novel of complexity and depth. Masterfully written, with a fascinating storyline and setting, the tale is set in 17th century Ireland, and the protagonist is sixteen-year-old Sionnach Varela, whom we follow and share adventures with until she turns eighteen. Sionnach means 'Fox' in Irish, and the girl is quite like her namesake. She wins the reader's heart with her feistiness, curiosity, and unselfconscious beauty as she befriends and makes enemies with many popular and not-as-popular creatures of Irish myth. This novel is a page-turner and easy to read, so that younger readers will be engrossed and entertained by it, yet at the same time it is complex enough for more mature readers to enjoy not as simply another Fantasy book, but as a deeper and more insightful one. Scáth Beorh accomplishes this by blending myth with history. Concepts such as free will and the meaning of life are offered fleetingly as if not to disrupt younger readers but to have those concepts waiting for them when they are old enough to contemplate. Beorh is an incredible writer. The language of DUSK-BORN CHILD is lilting and musical, and imparts knowledge and wisdom of a time gone by. If you are a seeker for the deeper truths in life, this book will not disappoint. The darkness in it is reminiscent of Ann Radcliffe, but where she defers to madness, this story brings you out of the darkness and into the light, making you feel truer to yourself. DUSK-BORN CHILD is wonderful tale is an in-depth study of human spirituality, revealing the soul's goals and efforts to redeem itself in the eyes of God. This timeless tale is a beautiful and graceful look at the history of beings who are beyond us, and have morals to impart. The spiritual seeker will find what he or she is searching for.
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Dusk-Born Child: A Novel of Old Ireland
DUSK-BORN CHILD is a novel of complexity and depth. Masterfully written, with a fascinating storyline and setting, the tale is set in 17th century Ireland, and the protagonist is sixteen-year-old Sionnach Varela, whom we follow and share adventures with until she turns eighteen. Sionnach means 'Fox' in Irish, and the girl is quite like her namesake. She wins the reader's heart with her feistiness, curiosity, and unselfconscious beauty as she befriends and makes enemies with many popular and not-as-popular creatures of Irish myth. This novel is a page-turner and easy to read, so that younger readers will be engrossed and entertained by it, yet at the same time it is complex enough for more mature readers to enjoy not as simply another Fantasy book, but as a deeper and more insightful one. Scáth Beorh accomplishes this by blending myth with history. Concepts such as free will and the meaning of life are offered fleetingly as if not to disrupt younger readers but to have those concepts waiting for them when they are old enough to contemplate. Beorh is an incredible writer. The language of DUSK-BORN CHILD is lilting and musical, and imparts knowledge and wisdom of a time gone by. If you are a seeker for the deeper truths in life, this book will not disappoint. The darkness in it is reminiscent of Ann Radcliffe, but where she defers to madness, this story brings you out of the darkness and into the light, making you feel truer to yourself. DUSK-BORN CHILD is wonderful tale is an in-depth study of human spirituality, revealing the soul's goals and efforts to redeem itself in the eyes of God. This timeless tale is a beautiful and graceful look at the history of beings who are beyond us, and have morals to impart. The spiritual seeker will find what he or she is searching for.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781078796484 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 04/26/2020 |
| Edition description: | Revised Hardcover Edition |
| Pages: | 164 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d) |
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