Sunset Song - Softcover

Grassic Gibbon, Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846973562 ISBN 13: 9781846973567

Publisher: Birlinn, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) was one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. Born in Aberdeenshire in 1901, he died at the age of thirty-four. He was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays and science fiction, and his writing reflected his wide interest in religion, archaeology, history, politics and science. The Mearns trilogy, A Scots Quair, is his most renowned work, and has become a landmark in Scottish literature.

Review:

"His three great novels have the impetus and music of mountain burns in full spate."
-The Observer (London)

About this edition

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1846973562
• ISBN 13: 9781846973567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288