The Golden Bird has been stolen (apparently) and Tik-Tak is sent
to fetch it. The naive and dreamy youth rides southwards (it's
warmer in that direction), gets kicked out of two kingdoms, meets
Erce-Ma, loses his hopeless steed, gains a (much) better one,
stumbles into the Undwelling and its townships, descends into
Akkman's Dwell, rescues the bird (and other abductees), returns
(still not fully awake) with the bird, refuses the hand of the
Princess (what ), becomes a successful entrepreneur, is jailed >
is released > then steals the bird (wrong order, I know, but
that's the truth), returns to Spring, returns to Tansa, gets
familied, assumes the kingship and unites the Three Kingdoms (well,
it's a work in progress).
"The Fetching of Spring," written with a (sometimes) humorous
nod to the fairy tale, has a deadly serious subtext. It is an
awakening tale, the story all of us are in whether we like it or
not. Setting out from the Kingdom of the Golden Bird, our
(inordinately) nascent hero descends via the earthly into
contemporary sub-earthly realms. The story (and it is a story in
the sense of storytelling) ends with worn-shoe idealism and a
peppering of satire to spice things up.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2011 |
First published: |
September 2011 |
Authors: |
Reg Down
|
Dimensions: |
212 x 142 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
246 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4662-6619-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4662-6619-8 |
Barcode: |
9781466266193 |
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