George Mackay Brown : the life / Maggie Fergusson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fergusson, Maggie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, George Mackay.

Authors, Scottish--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Scottish.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : John Murray, 2006.

Summary:

George Mackay Brown was one of Scotland's greatest 20th century writers, but in person a bundle of paradoxes. He had a wide international reputation, but hardly left his native Orkney. A prolific poet, he was also an accomplished novelist and a master of the short story. When he died on 13th April 1996, he left behind an autobiography as deft as it is ultimately uninformative.

Contents:

1 A Place of Vision 1

2 The Green Coat 9

3 The Prison on the Hill 24

4 Bloody Orkney 43

5 What the Blood Dictates 55

6 Tir-nan-Og 67

7 Late but in Earnest 87

8 One Foot in Eden 101

9 A Pocketful of Hope 119

10 The Muse in Rose Street 138

11 Grief at Every Milestone 163

12 Heaven and Hell Play Poker 180

13 Involved with Mankind 191

14 Words of Resurrection 213

15 A Place of Burnings and Ice 224

16 A Rack of Flowers 237

17 A New Star 258

18 Content with Silence 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719556597

OCLC:

62796378