"Treacle Walker" by Alan Garner - Abstract!
This book is published by 4th estate in 2022 and has 152 pages.
A man called Treacle Walker comes to Joe’s door bartering old clothes and bones for pots and donkey stones. Joe who wears an eye patch and has problem with Sun enters into the trade and strange things start happening.
Who is Joe? Who is Treacle Walker? Who is Thin Armen in the Bog?
When you read the book, the first and only thing that comes to your mind is that it’s abstract. Reality and glamour are fused. This book is written at a different level. It transcends writing styles. It fudges reality with dreams and then fudges it with fiction and other world.
The story is open and it can be interpreted the way you want. Same thing can be interpreted differently. Things are fluid and fuzzy.
There are only three characters, Joseph Coppock (Joe), the protagonist. Treacle Walker, the man who sets the ball rolling. Thin Armen, the spirit / God or something similar. Actually all the characters are unreal but have the characteristics and tendencies of humans.
I encountered several English words for the first time in this book like Hurlolomperjobs, Hurlothrumbo, lomperhomock, tarradiddles, macaronics, filliloo, glamourie, flustication, clanjandering, mirligoes, whirligig, lomperwhatsits, alackaday, skrike, tussocks, carnaptious, shent. Google search for some words straight away led to the link regarding this book.
This book was shortlisted for Booker Prize 2022.
Why I read this book? Small size. Could be read in one day. Recommended by Siddhant and Ansha.
What did I like? Concept.
What didn’t like? Nothing really.
Recommend reading if you don’t mind the genre.
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