Astral Travel, about a charismatic but troubled Irishman and his effect on his family, explores the way that the secrets forged by cultural, religious and sexual prejudice can reverberate down the generations. It’s also about telling stories, and the fact that the tales we tell about ourselves can profoundly affect the lives of others. In a framing narration that exposes the slippery and contingent nature of story, an adult daughter, brought up on romantic lore about her now dead father but having experienced him very differently, tells how she tried to write about him, only to come up against too many mysteries and clashing versions of the family’s past. Yet when a buried truth emerges, the mysteries can be solved, and, via storytelling’s power of empathy, she finally makes sense of it all.
- ISBN10 1784632198
- ISBN13 9781784632199
- Publish Date 15 November 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Salt Publishing
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 416
- Language English
- URL http://saltpublishing.com/products/astral-travel-9781784632199