Vinland - Hardcover

George Mackay Brown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719551498 ISBN 13: 9780719551499

Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

This novel of the North Atlantic in the Viking age tells the story of Ranald Sigmundson, who turns his back on a successful life of political intrigues and battles to design a ship to take him on a journey even greater than the first great voyage of his life, the one to Vinland.

About this title

About the Author:

George Mackay Brown was born in Stromness, Orkney (the 'Hamnavoe' of his stories and poems), in 1921. He was at Newbattle Abbey College while Edwin Muir was Warden. He read English at Edinburgh University and afterward did postgraduate work on Gerard Manley Hopkins. He became a Catholic in 1961. He died in Orkney in 1996.

Review:

'whether he is describing the perils of crossing the Atlantic with nothing to steer by but the moon and the stars, or the fascination felt by a young Orcadian boy at the sumptuous choice of cheeses at the Norwegian court, Mackay Brown enters instinctively into the lives of his characters with exhilarating sureness of touch. A fascinating emotional odyssey, a novel with tone and integrity which cuts surprisingly deep.' David Robson, Sunday Telegraph 'Abundant knowledge of lore and legend, skills of seamanship and husbandry weave through the text ,like strands in a magic carpet. Entirely delightful. Mackay Brown writes from the inside, in prose as poised as his tale is fresh and entirely delightful. No writer alive is more refreshing or entertaining than George Mackay Brown at his vintage best.' Tom Adair, Scotland on Sunday 'A precise, poetic and dazzling writer' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0719551498
• ISBN 13: 9780719551499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232