Product Description

The first collection of stories published by George Mackay Brown, this volume includes 14 stories arising from both ancient and modern life on the island of Orkney.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1128226 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Scottish Field
"[His] prose is severely simple and beautiful; he never wastes words, but evokes a complete atmosphere in a phrase."

About the Author
George Mackay Brown was born in Orkney in 1921 and died there in 1996. His "The Golden Bird" was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1988, and in 1994 "Beside the Ocean of Time" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.