{"product_id":"the-living-stones-cornwall-9781805330974","title":"The Living Stones: Cornwall","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic travelogue by Britain's foremost female surrealist painter, which immerses the reader in a dreamlike Cornwall where landscape and legend meet \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Her responses to the aura of place are keen, and her eye for detail is excitingly sharp\" -- \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"She is sensitive to the ways of wind and water, the flowers and birds and trees\" -- \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e \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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805330974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Ithell Colquhoun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483989827765,"sku":"9781805330974","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c03aa819-d28a-477c-8c18-b7af1669d292.jpg?v=1749566068","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-living-stones-cornwall-9781805330974","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}