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Simple Fire
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Simple Fire—Selected Short Stories
Malachy Tallack selects the essential short fiction of George Mackay Brown, poet of Orkney's crofters and fishermen.
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About the Ebook
George Mackay Brown was a master of the short story form and produced a steady stream of short fiction collections, starting with A Calendar of Love (1967) and include A Time to Keep (1969) and Hawkfall (1974), as well as his poetry collections and novels. In this selection, edited and introduced by Malachy Tallack, we explore the author's Orkney and the ups and downs of the crofters and fishermen there. These magical stories, drawn from ancient lore and modern life, strip life down to the essentials.Why You'll Love This Ebook
- A centenary celebration of one of the twentieth century's most distinguished writers
- Stories drawn from ancient lore and modern Orkney life, stripped to the essentials
- Selected and introduced by the acclaimed author of Sixty Degrees North
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'New editions of his poetry and short stories, published to mark his centenary, show his spirituality and extraordinary gift for 'involved detachment'.' The Spectator
'For newcomers to George this collection is a good introduction.' The Tablet
About the Author
George Mackay Brown (1921–96) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished and original writers. His lifelong inspiration and birthplace, Stromness in Orkney, moulded his view of the world, though he studied in Edinburgh and later at Newbattle Abbey College. He produced a regular stream of publications from 1954 onwards. These included A Calendar of Love (1967), A Time to Keep (1969), Greenvoe (1972), Hawkfall (1974), and, notably, the novel Beside the Ocean of Time (1994), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Book of the Year.Malachy Tallack has written for the New Statesman, the Guardian, the Scottish Review of Books, Caught By the River and many other publications, online and in print. He won a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust in 2014, the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015, and is the author of the acclaimed Sixty Degrees North. He is from Shetland, and currently lives in Glasgow.Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 16 June 2021
Print Length: 336 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788854689
Format: Ebook
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