Hut at the Edge of the Village

The new collection from John Moriarty, edited by Martin Shaw.There is a radical agency in John Moriarty''s work not always acknowledged. As our heads spin with mythological cross-referencing, poetical leaps and the philosophical bent, it is clear that there is nothing domestic, nothing tame, about John Moriarty. The power of Moriarty is that he has found a thousand beautiful ways to say something very disturbing: we have to change our lives.In this small book of big thoughts, award-winning author, mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw situates Moriarty''s work with respect to our eco-conscious era and a readership seeking spiritual and philosophical guidance. Moriarty asks of us only one thing – that we move our gaze from seeing to beholding. And there the trouble begins, when we realize there is a world beyond us far bigger than our temporary ambitions.A Hut at the Edge of the Village presents a collection of Moriarty''s writings ordered thematically, with sections ranging from