Eric Linklater was een schrijver wiens werken vaak het Schotse landschap en de cultuur verkennen. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door levendige taal en een avontuurlijke geest, vaak gericht op jongere lezers. Linklaters verhalen zitten vol fantasie en verbeelding, maar raken ook universele thema's van de menselijke ervaring. Zijn invloed op de Britse literatuur, met name op het genre van kinderfantasy, is onmiskenbaar.
When the wind on the moon blew straight into Dinah and Dorinda's hearts it meant that they couldn't help but behave badly for a whole year. Transformed into kangaroos, they terrorise the sleepy town of Midmeddlecum with glee. But what they didn't count on was being locked in a zoo.
An enthralling biography of the renaissance Queen of Scotland from Carnegie Medal winning author, Eric Linklater.
A literary Cheers—filled with British charm and wit Comprised of an entertaining series of vignettes that occur at the Pelican Pub in Downish, England, Poet's Pub is a humor-filled collection of stories by award winner Eric Linklater—one of the original titles commissioned by Penguin Classics founder Allen Lane—and again available to American readers. When an Oxford poet named Saturday Keith assumes control of the Pelican Pub, what he desires most is the peace and freedom to craft his poems without being disturbed. This is the least of what happens, for the local watering hole soon becomes an out-and-out attraction for various eccentric characters ranging from uncouth rogues to members of academia. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
