The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda - Couverture rigide

Murray, Donald S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908373741 ISBN 13 : 9781908373748

Editeur : Luath Press Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Acrobats, airmen, cormorants, cragsmen and angels leap, climb, shimmer and swoop through these pages as the story of how Calum Mackinnon was sent to guard the houses in Village Bay, St Kilda shortly after its evacuation in 1930 unfolds.

While there, Calum conjures up conversations with the island's former residents, providing, through both prose and verse, fresh and often surreal insights into life on Scotland s western edge. Humorous and moving, surprising and enchanting, The Guga Stone celebrates the miracles and wonders of an existence eked out on cliff and crag, sea-rock and skerry, the exile of its people, too, far from their native shores.

Enlightening as fulmar oil, exquisite as the flavour of the guga itself, The Guga Stone reveals the small and great truths of the human imagination as it recreates that island s tales and legends for our time.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DONALD S MURRAY was born in Ness on the Isle of Lewis. An author and journalis, his poetry, prose and verse has been shortlisted for both the Saltire Award and The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Published widely, his work has also appeared in a number of national anthologies and on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. He lives and works in Shetland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Luath Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908373741
• ISBN 13: 9781908373748
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible