Magnus - Couverture rigide

Brown, George Mackay

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 070120382X ISBN 13 : 9780701203825

Editeur : The Hogarth Press Ltd, 1973

Synopsis

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright but has light toning. Good DJ

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

George Mackay Brown (1921 96) was one of the major Scottish literary figures of the twentieth century a prolific poet and novelist, he took much of his inspiration from the myths and landscape of Orkney, and also from his deep Catholic faith. He was born in Orkney in 1921 and died there in 1996. Following his first book in 1954 he published many more, including plays, novels and poems. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has set much of his work to music. In 1988 he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 'The Golden Bird'. In 1994 his 'Beside the Ocean of Time' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, Magnus is George Mackay Brown s tour de force his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney s brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during World War II. A unique exploration of the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Hogarth Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1973
• ISBN 10: 070120382X
• ISBN 13: 9780701203825
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208