Of Talons and Teeth
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Watkins Media Limited
Published:5th Dec '23
Should be back in stock very soon

Of Talons and Teeth is a historical novel set in pre-industrial Wales, where human love struggles to survive amidst squalor, serfdom, and the rise of early capitalism. Key themes include: - A mining village oppressed by both religious conformity and the birth of a new capitalist order - Sion, a metalworker, embarks on an illicit relationship with Katherine, the wife of the mine owner's servant, challenging the transactional nature of relationships in a world driven by exploitation - A blend of political anger, Celtic mysticism, and a celebration of the human spirit’s desire for love in the face of greed and oppression This novel explores the moment when people and the natural world were reduced to mere property, and when Mammon became the ruling force of society. Of Talons and Teeth is a powerful meditation on love, resistance, and the brutal forces of history.
"This unnerving tale spits and writhes off the page. Hypnotic, mythic and visceral — its prose hewn from deep beneath the soil. Griffiths is a twenty-first-century Faulkner."
“Often untouchable and always utterly gripping, as British writers go Niall Griffiths is the very best in the business.”
"Of Talons and Teeth affirms Griffiths as one my favorite writer’s working today. He’s a true marvel with language and in this historical exploration of man’s ongoing battle with greed and our inability to do anything but take from nature, comes the heart of a broken romantic. This is a real gem of a novel by a magician of a writer.”
"Deeply human and knowledgeable about what it is to be human . . . The world Griffiths evokes gets into your bones.”
ISBN: 9781915672131
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188 pages
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