A Sense of Doubt blog post #1739 - Straying From The Pathways Book, A Year In The Country interview & radio special
Another British import via Warren Ellis.
Straying From The Pathways Book, A Year In The Country interview & radio special
Hidden Histories, Echoes of the Future’s Past and the Unsettled Landscape
In keeping with the number of months in a year, it is split into 12 chapters, which travel from eerie landscapes and folk horror to the dysfunctional utopian visions of Brutalist architects via hazily misremembered cultural memories.
The book explores the wider realm of “otherly pastoralism” and its intertwining with the lost futures and parallel worlds of hauntology. It examines such varied and curiously interconnected topics as the faded modernity and “future ruins” of British road travel; apocalyptic “empty city” films; dark fairy tales; the political undercurrents of the 1980s; idyllic villages gone rogue; photographic countercultural festival archives and experiments in “temporary autonomous zones”.
The book also discusses film, television and books, including: Requiem, Prince of Darkness, The Prisoner, The Company of Wolves, Detectorists, A Very Peculiar Practice, Edge of Darkness, Day of the Triffids, Penda’s Fen, High-Rise, The Living and the Dead, Night of the Comet, In the Company of Ghosts: The Poetics of the Motorway, The Twilight Language of Nigel Kneale, GB84, This Brutal World and The Fountain in the Forest, as well as music that draws from, or interconnects with, hauntological spectres and reimaginings of the past, including hypnagogic pop, synthwave and the work of Ghost Box Records, Adrian Younge, D.A.L.I., Grey Frequency, The Ghost in the MP3, DJ Shadow and Howlround amongst others. |
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“Chock full of treasures, both well-known and obscure… the twelve chapters tackle their subjects in an accessible yet scholarly manner, never shying away from often weighty concepts but never using unnecessarily complex language when simple terms will do… Simply put, A Year in the Country: Straying from the Pathways is a delight, and will thrill existing seekers of hauntological fare as well as serve as an introductory hit to those yet to sample its enchantments.” Alan Boon, Starburst
“Author Prince’s eye remains firmly fixed on things you may not have seen, even when you were watching them… takes reality as its starting point, and not only makes its weirdness tangible, it tells you why as well.” Dave Thompson, Goldmine
The book is discussed in an interview with A Year In The Country at The Haunted Generation website. There was also recently an A Year In The Country special of the Kites and Pylons radio show.
Details of both at this link:
https://ayearinthecountry.co.uk/a-year-in-the-country-at-the-haunted-generation-and-kites-and-pylons/
Thanks as always for your support of A Year In The Country, it's much appreciated.
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