- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd (22 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719560233
- ISBN-13: 978-0719560231
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,359,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
"Travellers" offers a new selection of George Mackay Brown's poems collected here for the first time and edited by Archie Bevan and Brian Murray. Many of them were never published in his lifetime. The large and growing numer of those who love his poems will know that in this book they will find the simplicity and directness that convey not less but more. They know too that George Mackay Brown, seemingly remote in Orkney, nevertheless responded to a vast range of the world's experience. Even so, there are unexpected treats to be found here. As always the seasons of the year and of life yield new and fresh magic in his hands: but it is more of a surprise to encounter Tolstoy, or Modigliani, or refugees from Tibet, or the people of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, or the great uranium controversy that threatened to engulf the islands. Haiku and chinoiseries are departures of a different kind, though it is true that Brown's essential poetical vision does not change, rather that these forms are transmuted and become personal to him. In these poems readers will find new ideas previously unexplored, but they will also find those qualities that made George Mackay Brown different from anyone else.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
