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Iron and Gold

By Hilda Vaughan

Iron and Gold

By Hilda Vaughan

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So a dying woman addresses her supernatural daughter-in-law. For this is the old folk tale of the Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach, the fairy bride lured from her underwater home to become a farmer's wife on the Brecon Beacons. Iron and Gold's retelling of the myth makes of it a psychological study in the nature of marriage and the social construction of gender roles. As the bride struggles to adapt herself, and sees her gold worn away under the iron pressure of conformity, both her difference and her acquired familiarity eventually breed marital breakdown and tragedy. But the human yearning for strange beauty, disruptive though it may be, remains poignantly alive throughout the novel.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2002-06-01
Publication Date:
2002-06-01
Publisher:
Honno Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1870206509
Weight:
234 g
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