Synopsis

Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature, truly revolutionary, 'A Scots Quair' is a trilogy of novels of which this book is the first; 'Sunset Song' (1932), 'Cloud Howe' (1933) and 'Grey Granite' (1934).

At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie, as she grows from a child into adulthood through the Great War to the development of communism in the 1920's.

Faced with a choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie eventually decides to remain in her rural community, bound by her intense love of the land.

However, the intervention of the First World War leaves her choice in tatters. Chris is now a widowed single mother: her farm, and the land it occupies, is altered beyond recognition - trees torn down, people displaced. But although the novel describes a way of life which is in decline, it also presents a strong image of hope. Chris adapts to her new world, displaying an intuitive strength which, like the land which she loves, endures despite everything.

'Sunset Song' is a testament to Scotland's agricultural past, to the world of crofters and tradition which was destroyed in the First World War.

Details

• Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
• Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
• Category : Fiction - Scottish Fiction
• Published : 1932 (This Film Tie-In Edition 2015 - Canongate)
• ISBN : 9781782117193
• SKU : B002818
• PPC : LL300gm
• RRP : £6.99
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

"It is a powerful description of life in the first few decades of the century through the evocation of change and the lyrical intensity of its prose. Grassic Gibbon's writing is unique and riveting, blending Scots and English in an accessible style, and eloquent in its humanity and celebration of nature." - Google Review.

"Chris Guthrie is the most passionate and appealing heroine in Scottish literature; Grassic Gibbon's magnificent novel is fresh, powerful and timeless." - Anne Donovan.

"It's a great gripping hybrid of melodrama and realism and has left me scorched." - Ali Smith.

The Author

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell, a Scottish writer. He was best known for his trilogy "A Scots Quair", set in the north-east of Scotland in early years of the 20th Century.

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