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'Times Literary Supplement'
"Affirms Neil Gunn's place as one of the most important Scottish writers of
the Twentieth century."
the Twentieth century."
Neil MacDiarmid
"Gunn has given us a wonderful body of work... the greatest
in Scottish literature since Sir Walter Scott."
in Scottish literature since Sir Walter Scott."
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Neil Gunn was a highly gifted Scottish writer whose work deserves to be far better known, and this would be a good introduction to his novels.
It describes the warm and innocent relationship between the eight year-old Art, youngest child in a simple crofting family in the far north of Scotland, and Old Hector, a widowed grandfather of great wisdom and understanding. When family crises deny Art the attention and warmth he needs, Hector is always there to offer understanding and support, and to help the boy explore the riches of his environment. Through this relationship, we too begin to explore the history of Caithness and Sutherland, enjoy the fresh beauty of the region's rugged landscape, and thrill to the brushes with the local law as the poor crofters seek to ease their way through life by snaring rabbits, poaching salmon and distilling their own whisky.
My only reservation concerns the characterization of Art, whose frequent tears and foot-stamping seem to put him two years short of his stated age.
This apart, the portrayal of boyhood in the first decades of the twentieth century is entertaining, thought-provoking and full of insight.
As the story closes, Art and Hector are on their way to gain the boy's first sighting of the fabled spactacle, The River, and in a sequel, "The Green Isle of the Great Deep", Gunn takes up the narrative but uses it as a framework to create a highly imaginative satire on the totalitarian regimes which were appearing on the world stage at this time.
It describes the warm and innocent relationship between the eight year-old Art, youngest child in a simple crofting family in the far north of Scotland, and Old Hector, a widowed grandfather of great wisdom and understanding. When family crises deny Art the attention and warmth he needs, Hector is always there to offer understanding and support, and to help the boy explore the riches of his environment. Through this relationship, we too begin to explore the history of Caithness and Sutherland, enjoy the fresh beauty of the region's rugged landscape, and thrill to the brushes with the local law as the poor crofters seek to ease their way through life by snaring rabbits, poaching salmon and distilling their own whisky.
My only reservation concerns the characterization of Art, whose frequent tears and foot-stamping seem to put him two years short of his stated age.
This apart, the portrayal of boyhood in the first decades of the twentieth century is entertaining, thought-provoking and full of insight.
As the story closes, Art and Hector are on their way to gain the boy's first sighting of the fabled spactacle, The River, and in a sequel, "The Green Isle of the Great Deep", Gunn takes up the narrative but uses it as a framework to create a highly imaginative satire on the totalitarian regimes which were appearing on the world stage at this time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The best introduction to Scottish Highland life ..
2 Aug 1999
Format:Hardcover
If anyone has never been to the Scottish Highland's and would like to read how it looks and canjure up the smell the sights&the lifestyle almost gone forever then read this..i've lived in the highlands and this is like taking a walk in the hills every time you pick it up, it's also a great study of an old and wise man passing on his way's to his younger admirer. Neil Gunn is the most ignored and virtually undiscovered Scottish version of John Steinbeck...Educate and enlighted yourself..or stay in the dark......
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