Voice of the Fire is the first novel from Alan Moore, acclaimed comic book writer. The twelve-chapter book was initially published in the United Kingdom in 1996. The narratives take place around Moore's hometown of Northampton, England, during the month of November, and span several millennia - from 4000 B.C. to the present day. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. One measures a circle starting anywhere, said Alan Moore, quoting Charles Fort, at the beginning of his exploration of Victorian society, From Hell.The circle here is temporal, and the circle is geographical. It is a circle made of black dogs and November fires, of dead feet and severed heads, of longing and loss and lust.
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Master storyteller Alan Moore (Watchmen) delivers twelve interconnected stories of lust, madness, and ectasy, all set in central England and spanning over six thousand years, the narratives woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. Discover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell -- an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history. The precursor to Jerusalem. A prehistoric boy learns a deadly lesson, a murderess dresses up as her victim, a Roman emissary confronts an unbearable truth about the empire, two lovers burn at the stake for witchcraft, and a poet begins his doomed walk from one incarceration to another. Voice of the Fire is Alan Moore's debut novel. But Moore has been writing for as long as this reviewer can remember. Starting with the odd Future Shock and Time Twister for 2000AD, his radically original subject matter and unashamedly emotional style soon led to serial commissions, the most famous being the award-winning Ballad of Halo Jones.
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Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore - { feuilleton } Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore "History is a heat," says Alan Moore at the end of his first novel, Voice of the Fire, when the author takes centre stage to add his own voice to those of his characters. Voice of the Fire: 25th Anniversary Edition: Amazon.co.uk: Moore, Alan: 9780861662876: Books Literature & Fiction › Contemporary Fiction Buy new: £10.11 RRP: £10.99 Save: £0.88 (8%) FREE Returns FREE delivery Saturday, 9 September. Details Or fastest delivery Tomorrow, 7 September. Order within 21 hrs 30 mins. Details Select delivery location Top Shelf. First published in Britain in 1996, Voice Of The Fire has long been billed as the first novel by groundbreaking comic-book writer Alan Moore, but it reads more like an anthology of. About Voice of the Fire (25th Anniversary Edition). Discover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell — an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history. The precursor to Jerusalem. In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of.
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Voice of Fire is an 1967 acrylic on canvas abstract painting made by American painter Barnett Newman in 1967. It consists of three equally sized vertical stripes, with the outer two painted blue and the centre painted red. The work was created as a special commission for Expo 67. All words are magic words. All stories are true. "All stories are true": that's a quote from Alan Moore, writer of classic comics like Watchmen, V For Vendetta, and From Hell. Writer also of a prose novel called Voice of the Fire. Except technically it's not a novel, unless really it is.
Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire (1967) hangs five metres high, both thrilling and bewildering visitors who either celebrate or question its place in a national collection. For many, the simplicity of the work defines its shortfall - three vertical lines, two colours and one canvas translate to feelings of frustration or confusion surrounding the value of the work. Discover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell — an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history.. The precursor to Jerusalem.. In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years.
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A prehistoric boy learns a deadly lesson, a murderess dresses up as her victim, a Roman emissary confronts an unbearable truth about the empire, two lovers burn at the stake for witchcraft, and a poet begins his doomed walk from one incarceration to another. Voice of the Fire is the first novel from Alan Moore, acclaimed comic book writer. The twelve-chapter book was initially published in the United Kingdom in 1996. The narratives take place around Moore's hometown of Northampton, England, during the month of November, and span several millennia - from 4000 B.C. to the present day.
