Red Shift (1973) – Alan Garner
New York Review of Books (2011 reissue edition), 176 pages, ISBN 9781590174432
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Annotation: Set in one location over a period of 1,000 years, Red Shift explores how time and place can determine who we are, for good or for bad.
Booktalk: Tired of typical time travel stories? Red Shift is anything but typical! Tom is a teenager in a small British village who just wants to get away from his parents and spend time with his girlfriend Jan. When exploring the countryside, they discover an ancient ax-head, one used in the English Civil War by a soldier named....Thomas. And in Roman times, an ex-soldier fights wars with a very similar ancient ax. Are these three people related? Are they the same person? Is Tom being pulled into a different time?
Red Shift will challenge you and may make you ask how well you really know yourself.
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