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The Island of the Women and Other Stories

The Island of the Women and Other Stories

by George Mackay Brown (Author)

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    Hardcover 1998

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Synopsis

These six stories lead back to Orkney's past and to fables. To break a siege of the Broch of Guirness, unlikely champions come forward for single combat. Njalsay is seen through the eyes of a poor idiot laird misunderstood by his people, and a poet becomes laureate by embracing silence.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 309
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 14 May 1998
ISBN 10: 0719558697
ISBN 13: 9780719558696
Book Overview: These six stories lead back to Orkney's past and to fables. To break a siege of the Broch of Guirness, unlikely champions come forward for single combat. Njalsay is seen through the eyes of a poor idiot laird misunderstood by his people, and a poet becomes laureate by embracing silence.