It Rose Up: A Selection of Lost Irish Fantasy Stories

by Jane Barlow and William Carleton

Book Overview

A mystical battle between foreign gods and local saints is unleashed as idols are mistaken for garden ornaments; an ambiguous wizard spies on his neighbours from an invisible tower; a cursed duelling pistol influences its owners to commit suicide. With strange combinations of occultism, electricity, magic and playfully Biblical archetypes, the fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916291406
• ISBN13: 9781916291409
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Tramp Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"