“Playful, moving and wholly remarkable.” —The Guardian

“A charming fable about the convolutions of time and magic... the pleasure here is in the book's fresh, playful twisted vernacular, the way Garner uses English folklore and old-fashioned linguistic legerdemain to get at big ideas... alluring, elusive, and quick.” —Kirkus

“Creative and highly enjoyable... Somehow breathlessly paced without feeling rushed, this excellent novella features the trademark accents and dialogue found in Garner's tales throughout his career as well as wondrously evocative descriptions. This Italo Calvino-like feat of imagination is nourishing in the way all great stories are.” —Booklist

“Hypnotic and surreal…Garner blends accessible prose with elliptical references to Northern England mythology…alluring.” —Publishers Weekly

“A small miracle.” —New Statesman

“There’s mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page.” —The Telegraph

“Steeped in northern English myth and folklore.” —The New York Times Book Review

“One of these delightful books that I secretly wish I wrote.” —Marlon James

“Alan Garner is indisputably the great originator... I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration.” —Philip Pullman

“Alan Garner’s fiction is something special.” —Neil Gaiman

“A marvel. It’s hard to think of anything quite like it. Not many books dream aloud and invite the reader into that dream. One of its odd, generous charms is that each time I returned to it to find where I’d left off, I wasn’t sure if the sentence would be there, or if I’d imagined it.” —BookPost USA

“A slim and powerful novel of memory, mortality, and landscape.” —Tor.com