Published to critical acclaim last year in the U.K., Sheepshagger, the amazing second novel from Niall Griffiths (Grit), is as raw and unsettling as its title. Ianto is an orphan, raised by his grandmother in the Welsh countryside/5(36). · With a modern sensibility informed by Greek tragedy and the Blakean sublime, Sheepshagger demands total engagement, and is never less than compelling; the range of Griffiths's achievement is as Author: Justine Jordan. · Sheepshagger. by. Niall Griffiths. · Rating details · ratings · 48 reviews. This is the story of Ianto: the feral, inarticulate, inbred, ignoble savage; haunter of mountains, killer of innocents. Ianto is a sheepshagger -- a yokel, a Welsh redneck. But Ianto is also a seer, a visionary -- the genius loci -- who comprehends nature with a Blakean intensity, and is at one with the world he lives in: the /5(48).
Published to critical acclaim last year in the U.K., Sheepshagger, the amazing second novel from Niall Griffiths (Grit), is as raw and unsettling as its title. Ianto is an orphan, raised by his grandmother in the Welsh countryside. Ugly, withdrawn and semiretarded, he is the classic outcast, finding solace first in nature, later in drugs and. This item: Sheepshagger. by Niall Griffiths Paperback. £ Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). Sent from and sold by Amazon. £ delivery. Perfidious Albion. Sheepshagger by Griffiths, Niall, Publication date Topics Country life Publisher New York: Thomas Dunne Books Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape,
Niall Griffiths (born ) is an English author of novels and short stories, set predominantly in Wales. His works include two novels Grits and Sheepshagger, and his publication Stump which won the Wales Book of the Year award. Sheepshagger. by. Niall Griffiths. · Rating details · ratings · 48 reviews. This is the story of Ianto: the feral, inarticulate, inbred, ignoble savage; haunter of mountains, killer of innocents. Ianto is a sheepshagger -- a yokel, a Welsh redneck. But Ianto is also a seer, a visionary -- the genius loci -- who comprehends nature with a Blakean intensity, and is at one with the world he lives in: the moss and lichen, the lamb and the raven, the su. Quotes by Niall Griffiths. “Ianto lying on his back in the bog. Snake-silent and lizard-still.”. ― Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger. 1 likes. Like. “The post office, or any world of work, is only one institutionalised system of control that is designed to beat people, to condition them into accepting that humiliation and failure is the norm.
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