Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (Myths)

Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (Myths)

by Alexander Mc Call Smith (Author)

Synopsis

Alexander McCall Smith retells the "Myth of Dream Angus" as part of the "Canongate Myths" series. Dreams to sell, fine dreams to sell...If he's in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him - but he'll never love you back. He's too busy making mischief - stealing the palace of the gods from his father, turning his enemies into pigs etc - until he is trapped by his own romantic games and falls for an unattainable woman, doomed to seek her forever. In twentieth-century Scotland, Angus's troubled alter ego searches for his true family; a psychotherapist who helps people understand their dreams, his life seems to parallel that of his mythic namesake, until we ask - could they be one and the same? Mesmerically weaving together the tales of the Celtic god and the Scottish scientist, Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality, leaving us to wonder: what is life, but the pursuit of our dreams?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: Export
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 05 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 1841958433
ISBN 13: 9781841958439

Media Reviews
Alexander McCall Smith's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision. This is art that conceals art. * * Sunday Telegraph on Alexander McCall Smith * *
One of the most ambitious acts of mass storytelling in recent years. * * Metro on The Myths series * *
The most ambitious simultaneous worldwide publication ever undertaken. * * The Times on The Myths series * *
Author Bio
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over fifty, including the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels and several collections of short stories, including The Girl Who Married a Lion and Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations. In 2003 he was the winner of the UK's principal award for humorous writing, the Saga Award, and in the same year he won the Glenfiddich Award for Writing. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Scotland.