Tain [Paperback]

Gregory Frost (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Ace; First Edition edition (February 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044179534X
• ISBN-13: 978-0441795345
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #639,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a writer under the broad umbrella of fantasy literature. That means I'm not speaking of elf quests and swords and magic necessarily, but of things that might fall into the bins marked "High Weird" or "Disturbing," too. I write horror, but not the sort that splatters; rather, the kind that discomfits. Fantasy and horror are means to explore things that sometimes can't be come at head on. Sometimes they're put in play just to amuse. But always to surprise.

I workshop fiction in a number of groups with a good batch of writers whose ranks include (or have included) Judith Berman, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Karen Joy Fowler, John Kessel, James Patrick Kelly, Kelly Link, Jonathan Lethem, and Nalo Hopkinson. I also know a number of writers who do not workshop and should not workshop. Like anything else, whether or not you want feedback and opinions is matter of knowing yourself.

I teach writing--peripatetically--at Swarthmore College in PA, at Write By The Lake in Madison, WI, at wrtiers' conferences in Pennsylvania, etc. It's a different part of the brain, teaching, and good writers don't necessarily make good teachers, just as the reverse is true.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Marvelous Translation of Accurate Anthropolgical Info, July 27, 1998

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This review is from: Tain (Paperback)

The Frost translation and presentation of the Tain Bo Cualinge is, to date, the best that I have discovered to date. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain. It is worth seeking and reading. The material is presented in an accurate translation that presents ancient Celtic theology/history/mythology in a manner that allows the modern reader to understand and envision the story and develop a solid respect for the culture from which it derives.

Enjoy! Toda Hayakko- The Black Tiger