num_pages: 215
description: An earthly nourris sits and singsAnd aye she sings Ba lilly weanLittle ken I my bairn's fatherFar less the land that he staps in. (Child Ballad no. 113)So begins a stunning tale of love loss and revenge against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild young man.Passion drew him to a new world and trickery has kept him there - without his memories separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life so he learns that his notions of home and your people might not be as fixed as he believed.Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins this is a stunning and original modern fairytale.
language: English
title: The Blue Salt Road
publisher: Gollancz