- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd; illustrated edition edition (2 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719559294
- ISBN-13: 978-0719559297
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 354,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'There can be few poets anywhere in the Western world writing as pure and unadulterated a poetry as that of George Mackay Brown' -- Times Literary Supplement '[This ] fine book ... provides an excellent overview of Brown's work ... Employing a narrative structure, the authors skilfully and economically lead the reader through the whole body of Brown's work ... This is the first literary biography of George Mackay Brown to cover all of his writing ... an admirable, unfussy, user-friendly introduction to Brown's work. It will encourage those who do not know GMB or have little acquaintance with his writing to engage with his complete corpus ... There are surprises in this delightful book' -- Glasgow Herald 20040731 'They have done a fine service to a useful man.' -- The Tablet 20041009 'This engaging, modest book is a comprehensive prologue to the work of the much-loved Orcadian poet and novelist George Mackay Brown ... Throughout there is clarity, affection and enthusiasm ... enthisiastic introduction to Mackay Brown's work' -- Scotland on Sunday 20040808 'Pioneering study...comprehensive, learned and enlightening study...[they cover] a good deal of Brown's lesser-known early journalism and poetry, painstakingly retrieved from far-flung sources...close analysis..."Interrogation of Silence" has clearly grown from an unparalleled intimacy with the texts themselves...Analysis of Brown's obsessive revisions is thorough and satisfying...Close readings of key poems..are superb and will send seasoned connoisseurs of Brown's poetry back to the texts...The Murrays are to be congratulated on what looks set to be the definitive companion volume for the ever-growing number of next generation students of George Mackay Brown.' -- The Scotsman 20040804 'The first critical account of Orcadian literary legend George Mackay Brown ... an erudite and insightful biography that sheds new light on his mixed feelings for his homeland and on the sources of his inspiration.' -- The Herald (Scotland) 20040814 'George Mackay Brown is a precise, poetic and dazzling writer' -- The Guardian 'There can be few poets anywhere ... writing as pure and unadulterated a poetry as that of George Mackay Brown' -- Times Literary Supplement 'The Murrays are to be congratulated on... the definitive companion volume for the... next generation students of George Mackay Brown.' -- The Scotsman 20040814 'This engaging, modest book is a comprehensive prologue to the work of the much-loved Orcadian poet and novelist.' -- Scotland on Sunday 20040808 'You can trace each of Brown's inspirations, as the Murrays ... do with diligence' -- Scottish Sunday Herald 20040801 'An excellent introduction to Mackay Brown, his life and works.' -- Scots Magazine 20040801
Scottish Sunday Herald
'You can trace each of Brown's inspirations, as the Murrays, father and daughter, do with diligence'
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