Scots Quair (Tr) (Canongate) [Paperback]

Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Author), Tom Crawford (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Series: Canongate

Chris Guthrie, torn between her love of the land and her desire to escape the narrow horizons of a peasant culture, is the thread that links these three works. In them, Gibbons interweaves the personal joys and sorrows of Chris's life with the greater historical and political events of the time.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This book may be read with delight the world over.' New York Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Born James Leslie Mitchell in 1901, Lewis Grassic Gibbon was a key figure in Scotland's literary renaissance of the 1920s and 30s, growing to become a writer of international importance. His most celebrated work is A Scots Quair (Canongate Classics). He died in 1935. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 670 pages
• Publisher: Canongate Books; First edition. edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0862415322
• ISBN-13: 978-0862415327
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,138,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars don't let it pass you by, July 11, 2001

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"reddresden" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scots Quair (Tr) (Canongate) (Paperback)

unjustly overlooked, this book (really comprised of three novellas, all together a trilogy) deserves to be mentioned in the same breath with other modernist works, such as "Dubliners" or "Sons and Lovers." at its time, the books were important, both politically and socially, because they present scottish language and scottish history as things separate from - though no less equal to - the larger "English" culture. beyond this, gibbon's lyricism is a wonder to behold; he can manipulate language in ways that may bring a tear to your eye (and the story, mournful as it is, just may add to it)."Scottish Quaire" is a work that many have never heard of, and that is unfortunate. it offers a unique voice to the human condition, and, perhaps more importantly, the scottish condition. i tell you to buy it, or at least check it out of your library (lord knows there'll be copies available).

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful. Timeless. A marvelous read, esp. for Scots., February 17, 1998

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J. S. Oleksak (Johnstown, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scots Quair (Tr) (Canongate) (Paperback)

For Americans of Scottish descent, "A Scots Quair" (a trilogy) will teach you how Scots in Kindardineshire spoke, what life was like, how the air might have felt against your cheek. It's like looking into the hearts and minds of our ancestors and finding that life's basics have not changed at all.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb account of Scotland earlier this century, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Scots Quair (Tr) (Canongate) (Paperback)

A marvellous trilogy with each novel depicting that particular era superbly. My personal favourite was Sunset Song because it was saluting the end of an era for the Scottish crofter who will always be part of Scotland's great heritage.