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A Calendar of Love

A Calendar of Love

by George Mackay Brown (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $23.24
Synopsis

In this, George Mackay Brown's first collection of short stories, the themes he would develop over his career are set out - an obsession with his home Orkney, its dark and violent Viking past, the cycle of the seasons, and the struggle of its inhabitants. The characters of these stories - the fishermen, the crofters, the farmers and the wild tinkers - are all struggling to live their lives and find their identities in a harsh habitat and a cruel age. The stories in this collection share the same melancholy tone and sense of the ceaseless renewal made possible by the natural cycle.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Published: 14 May 2006
ISBN 10: 1904598730
ISBN 13: 9781904598732

Media Reviews
'George Mackay Brown is one of the masters of the short story form.' - Ali Smith
Author Bio
George Mackay Brown is one of the major Scottish literary figures of the twentieth century. A prolific poet, short story writer and novelist, he took much of his inspiration from the myths and landscape of Orkney, and from his deep Catholic faith. His collection of short stories A Time to Keep (1971) won the Katherine Mansfield Mentor short story prize and his novel Beside the Ocean of Time was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994. He died in 1996.