The British surrealist painter and writer Ithell Colquhoun recalls episodes from her travels in Ireland as a young woman turning her back on the modern world and setting out across the unruly Irish countryside.
Here, among the holy wells, monasteries and tumuli, she finds a canvas on which her sensibility and animist beliefs can freely express themselves.
Her style is beguiling, her voice sincere, and through her unique perceptions we discover a land that is fiercely alive and compelling.
It is .
Peter Owen Publishers The crying of the wind: ireland, paperback/ithell colquhoun
