Greenvoe Paperback / softback
by George Mackay Brown
Paperback / softback
Description
Greenvoe, the tight-knit community on the Orcadian island of Hellya, has existed unchanged for generations, but Operation Black Star requires the island for unspecified purposes and threatens the islanders’ way of life.
A whole host of characters - The Skarf, failed fishermen and Marxist historian; Ivan Westray, boatman and dallier; pious creeler Samuel Whaness; drunken fishermen Bert Kerston; earth-mother Alice Voar, and meths-drinker Timmy Folster - are vividly brought to life in this sparkling mixture of prose and poetry. In the end Operation Black Star fails, but not before it has ruined the island; but the book ends on a note of hope as the islanders return to celebrate the ritual rebirth of Hellya.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Birlinn General
- Publication Date:27/06/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781846975059
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Birlinn General
- Publication Date:27/06/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781846975059