Strange Terrain - The Fairy World in Newfoundland

Thirty years after its original publication, a special anniversary edition of Barbara Rieti's iconic work Strange Terrain: The Fairy World in Newfoundland.

About the author

Barbara Rieti has an MA in Folklore from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University. In addition to Strange Terrain, she is the author of Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells (McGill-Queen's, 2008). During this research, she raised John Rieti-Lovelace, now a producer at CBC. Following these projects, she came to prefer drawing to writing. After weathering thirty-four years in St. John's, she moved to Victoria, BC with Martin Lovelace and their cats.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Rieti
• Publisher: Memorial University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781894725804
• ISBN: 978-1-894725-80-4
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Social and Economic Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore