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Sunset Song
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Sunset Song
Scotland's favourite book - a classic of rural life
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About the Ebook
Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, the spirited Chris Guthrie decides to remain in her rural community. But as the devastation of the First World War leaves her life-and community-in tatters, she must draw strength from what she loves and endure, like the land she loves so intensely.
Brutal and beautiful, passionate and powerful, Sunset Song is a moving portrait of a declining way of life and an inspirational celebration of the human spirit. And in Chris Guthrie, Grassic Gibbon has given us one of literature's most unforgettable heroines.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Discover Sunset Song, voted Scotland's favourite book
- Explore Lewis Grassic Gibbon's celebrated classic of rural life
- Engage with one of the great works of Scottish literature
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'When I read Sunset Song I entered into it with such wholehearted love that I longed to live inside it, the rhythms of the prose are incantatory, musical' The Guardian
'An inescapable landmark of Scottish literature, it is clear from the outset that the title is anything but a conceit' Times Literary Supplement
'Sunset Song's great gripping hybrid of melodrama and realism left me scorched' Ali Smith
'Chris Guthrie is the most passionate and appealing heroine in Scottish literature, powerful and timeless' Anne Donovan
'You will find it has lost none of its appeal and emotion. And if you are about to read this remarkable novel for the first time, you are embarking on a profound journey' Nicola Sturgeon
'Voted Best Scottish Book of All Time'
About the Author
Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) was one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. Born in Aberdeenshire in 1901, he died at the age of thirty-four. He was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays and science fiction, and his writing reflected his wide interest in religion, archaeology, history, politics and science. The Mearns trilogy, A Scots Quair, is his most renowned work, and has become a landmark in Scottish literature.
Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 15 June 2013
Print Length: 292 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857907134
Format: Ebook
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