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Essays and Journalism, Volume 2 - Carradale (Paperback)
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Essays and Journalism, Volume 2 - Carradale (Paperback)
Series: The Naomi Mitchison Library, 32
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The writing career of Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) stretched over
some seventy years, encompassing at least seventy works of fiction
as well as non-fiction, poetry and plays. Almost unknown, however,
is the mass of shorter prose pieces - journalism, essays, polemics,
reminiscences - which Mitchison produced during her long career.
There are many hundreds of these pieces, covering a tremendously
wide range of topics, an untapped resource both in Mitchison
biography and in the wider field of social history. Volume 2 in the
seven-volume edition of Naomi Mitchison's Essays and Journalism is
devoted to her writing about the West Highland village of
Carradale, to which she moved in the late 1930s and where she lived
for over sixty years. She writes about many aspects of Carradale:
her farm, the local fishing industry, the big garden which was
particularly dear to her heart, and 'the village and the Big
House'. A long essay, 'Rural Reconstruction', never reprinted
before, is a snapshot of Carradale in the 1940s and a spirited
presentation of Mitchison's dreams for its future. These
digressive, charming, combative pieces show both the practical and
the thoughtful sides of her writing, often to touching effect: she
cared deeply for Carradale and its people, and the book is a
wonderful introduction to a beautiful part of Scotland and a major
writer.
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