{"product_id":"9780571297504","title":"Black Marsden","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilson Harris's tenth novel, first published in 1972, is set in Edinburgh but, like much of his subsequent work, bridges continents by its imaginative reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Doctor Black Marsden', tramp, shaman, and conjurer, is an ambivalent Merlin-figure representing both the hero's personal (and archetypal) shadow, and the creative, magus-like activity of the author himself.' Michael Gilkes, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Commonwealth Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'... my many visits to Scotland, and books I  have read, have given me the sensation of a tone or inner vibrancy that  may be due to the languages (English, Scottish, Gaelic) that are  present in the subconscious imagination of sensitive Scots... [These] make for the cross-culturality (not mono-cultural) that came into play in Black Marsden.' Wilson Harris, 2008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103561302256,"sku":"9780571297504","price":16.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571297504_p0.jpg?v=1763718981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571297504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}