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A Scots Quair is revolutionary - innovative in its form, deft and
humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its
characterisation and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris
Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern
literature. In Sunset song, Gibbon's finest achievement, the reader
follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming
community: the seasons, the weddings, the funerals, the grind of
work, the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll, machines repalce
the old way of life. Cloud Howe and Grey Granite take Chris from
her rural homeland to life in an industrial Scotland and hte
desperate years of the Depression. The triology as a whole is a
major achievment, a picture of society undergoing traumatic and
far-reaching transformation. Always readable, never sentimental, A
Scots Quair is one of the most important works of Scottish
literature.
Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life and the
seductive but distant world of books and learning, the spirited
Chris Guthrie decides to remain in her rural community. But as the
devastation of the First World War leaves her life-and community-in
tatters, she must draw strength from what she loves and endure,
like the land she loves so intensely. Brutal and beautiful,
passionate and powerful, Sunset Song is a moving portrait of a
declining way of life and an inspirational celebration of the human
spirit. And in Chris Guthrie, Grassic Gibbon has given us one of
literature's most unforgettable heroines.
Faced with a choice between a harsh farming life and the world of
books and learning, Chris Guthrie chooses to remain in her rural
community, bound by her intense love of the land. But everything
changes with the arrival of the First World War and Chris finds her
land altered beyond recognition. In lyrical prose, Sunset Song
evokes village life in the early twentieth century and offers a
powerful portrait of a land and people in turmoil. This stunning
new edition of one of the most cherished Scottish novels of the
twentieth century includes a specially commissioned introduction by
Nicola Sturgeon, in which she writes with heartfelt passion of her
love for what she regards as 'one of the finest literary
accomplishments Scotland has ever known . . . In no small way, I
owe my love of literature to Sunset Song'.
Twice Voted Scotland's Favourite Book 'Left me scorched' Ali Smith
'Unforgettable' Guardian Faced with a choice between a harsh
farming life and the world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie
chooses to remain in her rural community, bound by her intense love
of the land. But everything changes with the arrival of the First
World War and Chris finds her land altered beyond recognition. One
of the greatest and most heartbreaking love stories ever told,,
Sunset Song offers a powerful portrait of a land and people in
turmoil.
Chris Guthrie, torn between her love of the land and her desire to
escape the narrow horizons of a peasant culture, is the thread that
links these three works. In them, Gibbon interweaves the personal
joys and sorrows of Chris' life with the greater historical and
political events of the time. Sunset Song, the first and most
celebrated book of the trilogy, covers the early years of the
twentieth century, including the First World War. Chris survives,
with her son Ewan, but the tragedy has struck and her wild spirit
is subdued. In Cloud Howe, as the minister's wife, Chris learns to
love again, and we witness the cruel gossip and high comedy of
small village life until, once again, Chris suffers a terrible
loss. Grey Granite focuses on her son Ewan and his passionate
involvement with justice for the common man. For Chris, with her
intuitive strength, nothing lasts - only the land endures.
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Sunset Song (Paperback)
Lewis Grassic Gibbon; Introduction by Ali Smith
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH Young Chris Guthrie lives a
brutal life in the harsh landscape of northern Scotland, torn
between her passion for the land, duty to her family and her love
of books. When her mother, broken by repeated childbirths, takes
her own life and poisons her two youngest children, Chris is left
with her father to run the farm on her own. Soon she is alone, and
for the first time can choose how to spend her life. But as the
First World War begins, everything changes, and the young men leave
Scotland for battle. The first in Gibbon's classic trilogy A Scot's
Quair, Sunset Song is infused with local vernacular, and
innovatively blends Scots and English in an intense description of
Scottish life in the early twentieth century.
Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic
Gibbon. It is widely regarded as one of the most important Scottish
novels of the 20th century. It is the first part of a trilogy A
Scots Quair. A Scots Quair, with its combination of
stream-of-consciousness and lyrical use of dialect, is considered
to be among the defining works of 20th century Scottish
Renaissance. The central character is a young woman, Chris Guthrie,
growing up in a farming family in the fictional Estate of Kinraddie
in The Mearns in the north east of Scotland at the start of the
20th century. Life is hard, and her family is dysfunctional. Lewis
Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (13
February 1901 - 7 February 1935), a Scottish writer.
The original landmark novel of the slave revolt against the Romans
in 73BC, led by the gladiator Spartacus. Heralded as one of the
great historical novels of the twentieth century--and an
inspiration to generations of people who have fought against
oppression and exploitation--SPARTACUS is a masterpiece of vivid
storytelling from one of Scotland's finest writers.
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