{"product_id":"listen-to-the-land-speak","title":"Listen to the Land Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Machán Magan. Published by Gill. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 386 pages, Prose w\/ B\u0026amp;W Illustrations, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontSize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontFamily\"\u003eOur ancestors developed a uniquely nature-focused society, centred on esteemed poets, seers, monks, healers and wise women who were deeply connected to the land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontSize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontFamily\"\u003eThey used this connection to the cycles of the natural world – from which we are increasingly dissociated – as an animating force in their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontSize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontFamily\"\u003eIn this illuminating new book, Manchán Magan sets out on a journey, through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, to trace these ancestor’s footsteps. He uncovers the ancient myths that have shaped our national identity and are embedded in the strata of land that have\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontSize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontFamily\"\u003eendured through millennia – from ice ages through to famines and floods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontSize\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontFamily\"\u003eSee the world in a new light in this magical exploration into the life-sustaining wisdom of what lies beneath us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hugely informative and entertaining... [His] focus [is] on the wealth of beauty within the Irish language and how it connects us to place, spirituality, nature and each other\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ccite\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003eThe Irish Times \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fgColor\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A rallying cry for a new way of being for the people on this island\" \u003ccite\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53538347549002,"sku":"listentothelandspeak","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_3765_94327933-e22a-464e-acf2-192663879c32.jpg?v=1765118048","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/listen-to-the-land-speak","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}