George Mackay Brown Bücher
17. Oktober 1921 – 13. April 1996
George Mackay Brown, Dichter, Romanautor und Dramatiker, widmete sein Leben dem Leben und der Dokumentation der Orkney-Inseln. Sein Werk erforscht tiefgreifend das Leben, die Geschichte und die Traditionen, die die ausgeprägte kulturelle Identität Orkneys prägen. Ein wichtiges Thema in seinen Schriften ist die Bewahrung des Erbes Orkneys gegen die Flut der Moderne und die Erosion von Mythen und Ritualen. Durch seine einzigartige Stimme bietet Brown den Lesern eine tiefe Verbindung zu einer Landschaft und Geschichte, die untrennbar mit alten Rhythmen und beständigen Geschichten verbunden sind.
Letters from Hamnavoe
- 240 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
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Set against the harsh background of Orkney, this collection of stories tells of fishermen, crofters, farmers and tinkers and how they live out their lives. The author succeeds in writing in a style that takes the reader into the realm of the mystical.
An Orkney Tapestry
- 256 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet and a celebration of Orkney's people, language and history. Unavailable for many years, this new edition has a specially commissioned Introduction written by Kirsteen McCue and Linden Bicket.
Under Brinkie's Brae
- 192 Seiten
- 7 Lesestunden
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Portrait of Orkney
- 100 Seiten
- 4 Lesestunden
A vivid portrait of the island that inspired his work from one of Scotland's greatest poets.
In this, the first new selection of George Mackay Brown’s poetry for over 25 years, Kathleen Jamie explores the multi-faceted world of the poet’s Orkney, his lifelong home and inspiration. George Mackay Brown’s concerns were the ancestral world, the communalities of work, the fables and religious stories which he saw as underpinning mortal lives. Brown believed from the outset that poets had a social role and his true task was to fulfil that role. Art was sprung from the community, and his role as poet to know that community, to sing its stories.
