Muckle Flugga - Couverture rigide

Pedersen, Michael

 
9780571387724: Muckle Flugga

Synopsis

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A kaleidoscopic and linguistically daring work . . . Scintillating.' OCEAN VUONG
'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.' MATT HAIG

Life on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance.


It's no ordinary existence on the rugged isle of Muckle Flugga. The elements run riot and the very rocks that shape the place begin to shift under their influence. The only human inhabitants are the lighthouse keeper, known as The Father, and his otherworldly son, Ouse. Them, and the occasional lodger to keep the wolf from the door.

When one of those lodgers - Firth, a chaotic writer - arrives from Edinburgh, the limits of the world the keeper and his son cling to begin to crumble. A tug of war ensues between Firth and the lighthouse keeper for Ouse's affections - and his future. As old and new ways collide, and life-changing decisions loom, what will the tides leave standing in their wake?

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning poet and author of Boy Friends, which was a Sunday Times Critics' Choice and shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish National Book Awards. He was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship and is the current Writer in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's Makar (Poet Laureate).

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780571387755: Muckle Flugga

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0571387756 ISBN 13 :  9780571387755
Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2026
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