Author: Annalena McAfee
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524731730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A rich, sultry, ambitious novel about a young American writer/curator, fleeing a crumbling marriage in New York who travels with her nine-year old daughter to one of the remote islands in the north of Scotland, birthplace of her grandfather. Commissioned to set up a museum there and to write the biography of the island's celebrated poet and chronicler, Mhairi McPhail is slowly drawn in by the complicated life she is uncovering and writing about--the Bard of Fascaray--as she finds herself being transformed, awakened by the ferocity and power of the island. Who was the celebrated poet, Grigor McWatt, The Bard of Fascaray? What was his past? Details of his life are elusive. As Mhairi struggles to adapt to her island life and put her disappointment and troubles behind her, she begins to unearth the astonishing secret history of the poet, regarded by many as the custodian of Fascaray's--and Scotland's--soul. In McAfee's rich novel of invented island life, she interweaves extracts from Mhairi's journal entries, her discoveries and writings of McWatt, and tales of Fascaray itself into a resonant, compelling, dimensional narrative that at its heart explores identity, love, belonging and the universal quest for home.
Hame
Author: Annalena McAfee
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524731730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A rich, sultry, ambitious novel about a young American writer/curator, fleeing a crumbling marriage in New York who travels with her nine-year old daughter to one of the remote islands in the north of Scotland, birthplace of her grandfather. Commissioned to set up a museum there and to write the biography of the island's celebrated poet and chronicler, Mhairi McPhail is slowly drawn in by the complicated life she is uncovering and writing about--the Bard of Fascaray--as she finds herself being transformed, awakened by the ferocity and power of the island. Who was the celebrated poet, Grigor McWatt, The Bard of Fascaray? What was his past? Details of his life are elusive. As Mhairi struggles to adapt to her island life and put her disappointment and troubles behind her, she begins to unearth the astonishing secret history of the poet, regarded by many as the custodian of Fascaray's--and Scotland's--soul. In McAfee's rich novel of invented island life, she interweaves extracts from Mhairi's journal entries, her discoveries and writings of McWatt, and tales of Fascaray itself into a resonant, compelling, dimensional narrative that at its heart explores identity, love, belonging and the universal quest for home.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524731730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A rich, sultry, ambitious novel about a young American writer/curator, fleeing a crumbling marriage in New York who travels with her nine-year old daughter to one of the remote islands in the north of Scotland, birthplace of her grandfather. Commissioned to set up a museum there and to write the biography of the island's celebrated poet and chronicler, Mhairi McPhail is slowly drawn in by the complicated life she is uncovering and writing about--the Bard of Fascaray--as she finds herself being transformed, awakened by the ferocity and power of the island. Who was the celebrated poet, Grigor McWatt, The Bard of Fascaray? What was his past? Details of his life are elusive. As Mhairi struggles to adapt to her island life and put her disappointment and troubles behind her, she begins to unearth the astonishing secret history of the poet, regarded by many as the custodian of Fascaray's--and Scotland's--soul. In McAfee's rich novel of invented island life, she interweaves extracts from Mhairi's journal entries, her discoveries and writings of McWatt, and tales of Fascaray itself into a resonant, compelling, dimensional narrative that at its heart explores identity, love, belonging and the universal quest for home.
Hame Ower Lilts
Author: David Tasker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Hame-Spun Lilts
Author: William Allan
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368811266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368811266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
HAME, HAME, HAME, WHERE I FAIN WAD BE - Stories of Incredible Journeys by Animals
Author: Anon E Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 123 ÿ In issue 123 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates a few tales of the homing instincts of dogs and cats. Animals which have been moved across country but which have made seemingly amazing return journeys.......?? Download and read these few literary records of a few apparently impossible cross-country journeys. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. ÿ Baba Indaba,Childrens,Folklore,Fairy,Tales,bedtime story,legends,animal,journeys,incredible,dog,cat
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 123 ÿ In issue 123 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates a few tales of the homing instincts of dogs and cats. Animals which have been moved across country but which have made seemingly amazing return journeys.......?? Download and read these few literary records of a few apparently impossible cross-country journeys. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. ÿ Baba Indaba,Childrens,Folklore,Fairy,Tales,bedtime story,legends,animal,journeys,incredible,dog,cat
The Flower of the Mind
Author: Alice Meynell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Page proofs for the introduction and text of book, stamped 30 July and 10 August 1897, published by Grant Richards in 1897. With the author's ms. corrections and emendations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Page proofs for the introduction and text of book, stamped 30 July and 10 August 1897, published by Grant Richards in 1897. With the author's ms. corrections and emendations.
The Household Book of Poetry
Author: Charles Anderson Dana
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
A Year Book of Famous Lyrics
Author: Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The Songs of England and Scotland
Author: Peter Cunningham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
The Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746
Author: Charles Mackay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description