The Island of the Women: And Other Stories - Couverture souple

Brown, George Mackay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904598900 ISBN 13 : 9781904598909

Editeur : Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'The Island of the Women' is George Mackay Brown's posthumously published collection of short stories, released in 1998, two years after the author's death. Like his previous collections, 'A Time to Keep' and ' Calendar of Love', this volume explores Brown's concerns with history, spirituality, legend and storytelling. In the title story, Brown uses the famous Orcadian myth of the selkie, the seal-man. The story ;Poet and Prince: A Fable;, explores the role of the writer in society, a tale which begins in an unknown European state and concludes on Brown's beloved island.

Biographie de l'auteur

George Mackay Brown is 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. His collection of short stories 'A Time to Keep' (1971) won the Katherine Mansfield Mentor short story prize and his novel 'Beside the Ocean of Time' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994. He died in 1996.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1904598900
• ISBN 13: 9781904598909
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320