{"product_id":"colquhoun-ithell-the-living-stones-9781805330974","title":"The Living Stones","description":"A classic travelogue by Britain's foremost female surrealist painter, which immerses the reader in a dreamlike Cornwall where landscape and legend meet \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Her responses to the aura of place are keen, and her eye for detail is excitingly sharp\" -- Sunday Times\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"She is sensitive to the ways of wind and water, the flowers and birds and trees\" -- Country Life\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the midst of the 2nd World War, surrealist painter Ithell Colquhoun withdraws from London to Cornwall, searching for a studio and a refuge from the Blitz, as well as from a shattered marriage. So begins a profound and lifelong relationship with Britain's westernmost county. It is a land of granite ridges and lush valleys, surrounded by sea and steeped in myth, where the ancient Celtic past makes contact with the present. There she finds a hut with no running water or electricity, and lovingly brings it to life, creating a haven for her creative pursuits, and slowly coming to think of these rivers, hills and caves, seen in every season, as her true home. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn to the sacred and the beautiful, the wild and the weird, Colquhoun writes about Cornwall as a living landscape, where every tree, standing stone and holy well is a palimpsest of folklore - and perhaps a place where everyday reality connects to the world beyond. In prose as gorgeously dreamlike as it is sharply witty, this inimitable artist gives us a travelogue deeply attuned to natural rhythms, local atmosphere and the eerie beauty of a place that is as much legend as it is water and rock.","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53710189658454,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781805330974_1.jpg?v=1778872298","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/colquhoun-ithell-the-living-stones-9781805330974","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}