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by George Mackay Brown (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited (15 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846970628
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846970627
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,475 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, "Magnus" is George Mackay Brown's tour de force - his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney's brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during World War II. A unique exploration of the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Medieval politics for today, 22 Jan 2002
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This review is from: Magnus (Cannongate Classic) (Paperback)
Magnus is a powerful story of sacrifice. Brown uses several poetic devices to tell the tell. They include using language reminiscent of Norse sagas and placing his characters in a Nazi prison, where Magnus becomes Bonhoeffer. I'm not certain it all works, but Brown's poetic sensibility and eloquence make the novel compelling.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars magnus martyr and a modern parallel memorably linked, 4 April 2007
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In this novel, George Mackay Brown links the mediaeval story of St. Magnus, martyred on the Island of Egilsay in the Orkneys in a power struggle, and that of the philospher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War. The story of Magnus is a most compelling one , and it is told here by a man with a poet's way with words ; the scent of the spray, the rich brown of the tilled fields, the distant songs of the monks and the social divide between the people and the Earls of Orkney in the time of Norse rule are all vividly present. Magnus expected to die and went to his death with a sense that it was necessary, head held high. The martyrdom of Bonhoeffer was a more squalid, hole-in-the-corner affair, but essentially its message was the same : that evil can destroy the embodiment of good physically but not the nature of good or our response to the courage and example of the martyr. Mackay Brown's story is only one of countless martyrdom stories, but it has a freshness and poignancy all its own.
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