{"product_id":"9781933586151","title":"Pan's Garden\/Incredible Adventures","description":"\u003cp\u003ePAN’S GARDEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePan’s Garden\u003c\/em\u003e is a thematic collection of stories which, in the words of the author, “illustrates that characteristic belief, present in all my work, that there exists a definite relationship between Human Beings and Nature.” From the opening novella, “The Man Whom the Trees Loved”—in which Nature welcomes and absorbs the soul of a man—to the concluding “The Temptations of the Clay”—in which Nature rejects the spirit of the man who tries to profit from it—we are transported into a natural world where the elements hold sway. Mike Ashley, in his introduction, calls \u003cem\u003ePan’s Garden\u003c\/em\u003e “the definitive volume of Blackwood’s short stories. . . because it defines the true nature of Blackwood’s writing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINCREDIBLE ADVENTURES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncredible Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e represents what biographer Mike Ashley calls \"the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elast outburst of his golden period\" and is comprised of three novellas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand two short stories. Here, nature is a living force, truth is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonly religion and the past holds sway over the present. At times almost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurreal in their intensity, these tales exert a strange power over the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereader, opening our eyes to a larger world around us. From the rugged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emountains of Eastern Europe in \"The Regeneration of Lord Ernie\" to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evast deserts of Egypt in \"A Descent Into Egypt,\" Blackwood takes us to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother places--and other worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stark House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050258710768,"sku":"9781933586151","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933586151_p0.jpg?v=1763640383","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933586151","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}