Letters from Hamnavoe
- 240bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
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George Mackay Brown Boeken
17 oktober 1921 – 13 april 1996
George Mackay Brown, dichter, romanschrijver en toneelschrijver, wijdde zijn leven aan het leven en documenteren van de Orkney-eilanden. Zijn werk verkent diepgaand het leven, de geschiedenis en de tradities die de uitgesproken culturele identiteit van Orkney vormen. Een belangrijk thema in zijn schrijven is het behoud van het erfgoed van Orkney tegen de vloed van de moderniteit en de erosie van mythen en rituelen. Door zijn unieke stem biedt Brown lezers een diepe verbinding met een landschap en geschiedenis die intrinsiek verbonden zijn met oude ritmes en blijvende verhalen.
Set against the harsh background of Orkney, this collection of stories tells of fishermen, crofters, farmers and tinkers and how they live out their lives. The author succeeds in writing in a style that takes the reader into the realm of the mystical.
An Orkney Tapestry
- 256bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet and a celebration of Orkney's people, language and history. Unavailable for many years, this new edition has a specially commissioned Introduction written by Kirsteen McCue and Linden Bicket.
Under Brinkie's Brae
- 192bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
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Portrait of Orkney
- 100bladzijden
- 4 uur lezen
A vivid portrait of the island that inspired his work from one of Scotland's greatest poets.
George Mackay Brown was a master of the short story form and produced a steady stream of short fiction collections, starting with A Calendar of Love (1967) and include A Time to Keep (1969) and Hawkfall (1974), as well as his poetry collections and novels. In this selection, edited and introduced by Malachy Tallack, we explore the author’s Orkney and the ups and downs of the crofters and fishermen there. These magical stories, drawn from ancient lore and modern life, strip life down to the essentials.
In this, the first new selection of George Mackay Brown’s poetry for over 25 years, Kathleen Jamie explores the multi-faceted world of the poet’s Orkney, his lifelong home and inspiration. George Mackay Brown’s concerns were the ancestral world, the communalities of work, the fables and religious stories which he saw as underpinning mortal lives. Brown believed from the outset that poets had a social role and his true task was to fulfil that role. Art was sprung from the community, and his role as poet to know that community, to sing its stories.
Celtic First Names
- 240bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
The Island of the Women and Other Stories
- 309bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Mythical tales by a Scottish poet. They range from the title story, which is on the love of a seal for a woman, to a story about the guardian of a stone that protects an island from invaders.
Six Lives of Fankle the Cat
- 128bladzijden
- 5 uur lezen
Fankle tells Jenny the stories of his different lives with pirates, in ancient Egypt and even with the Empress of China.
