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Andrina and Other Stories

Andrina and Other Stories

by George Mackay Brown (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $6.74
Synopsis

This is an evocative and striking collection from the master of the short story form. The title story was dramatised for BBC television in the 1980s and the film, directed by Bill Forsyth, met with wide acclaim.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Published: 01 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 1846971500
ISBN 13: 9781846971501

Media Reviews
'Superb ... A delight ... A magical selection' THE TIMES 'Clear, sharp and perfectly pitched, [these stories] are not so much stories as slivers of myth.' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Lovely lyrical stuff ... singing, sweet-sounding prose which begs to be read aloud.' THE SPECTATOR
Author Bio
George Mackay Brown (1921-96) was one of the major Scottish literary figures of the twentieth century - a prolific poet and novelist, he took much of his inspiration from the myths and landscape of Orkney, and also from his deep Catholic faith. He was born in Orkney in 1921 and died there in 1996. Following his first book in 1954 he published many more, including plays, novels and poems. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has set much of his work to music. In 1988 he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Golden Bird. In 1994 his Beside the Ocean of Time was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.