Product Description

Leabhar M?r na G?idhlig/The Great Book of Gaelic brings together more than 150 poets, visual artists, calligraphers and typographers from Ireland and Scotland. New poetry and visual artwork has been commissioned to form the 'Great Book' - a single bound volume, which will be a major contemporary artwork in the form of visual anthology. Canongate is publishing a beautiful accompanying catalogue to commemorate this immense celebration of contemporary Celtic culture. It will feature full-page, full-colour plates of all the artwork, the Gaelic poems with selected lines presented as calligraphy, full English translations and information on all the contributors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #765726 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 321 pages

The Sunday Herald - Tourcuil Crichton - 3 November 2002
"One of the most ambitious works of art ever attempted. A monument
to contemporary culture."

The Scotsman - Tuesday 29 October 2002
"The quality of the artwork is outstanding"

The Independent - Boyd Tonkin - 14 December 2002
"Stands as a brilliant bridge between tradition and modernity."

Customer Reviews

Is mór agus maith é an leabhair seo!
The Great Book of Gaelic is a wonderful collection of Irish and Scottish poetry written in the native tongues of those lands, collected from the earliest times of Celtic writing to the most recent recensions of Irish and Gaelic speaking writers. The preface is very nice - not only does it explain the purpose of the Great Book project (taking it's very name from an older Great Book of Gaelic lore), but it places the poems in the wider context of Celtic literature. All of the pieces are presented in the original Gaeilge/Gàidhlig along with English translations, and are accompanied by visual art done by calligraphers inspired by the poems. I was so inspired to see so much work still being done in the Celtic languages; I hope one day we'll see perhaps a similar anthology of Welsh and Breton work as well.