Status
Checked out
Call number
Genres
Publication
Clar (2004), Paperback, 384 pages
Language
ISBN
1900901102 / 9781900901109
Local notes
The second title in the new fiction series Ar-Sgeul:
This novel is remarkable in a number of ways  in its extensive detail, its depth of language and the way in which it manages to incorporate a richness of perspective and philosophy, with an international outlook. The novel is rich with history, language, sights and sounds. As with all good fiction, it functions at different levels. On the surface, the story follows a young boy Eòin Dòmhnallach, from South Uist whom we first meet on page 1 as he crouches by the edge of the loch deciding whether or not to throw the stone-skiffler he's holding in his hand. It is 1913 and his two older brothers are down on the
This novel is remarkable in a number of ways  in its extensive detail, its depth of language and the way in which it manages to incorporate a richness of perspective and philosophy, with an international outlook. The novel is rich with history, language, sights and sounds. As with all good fiction, it functions at different levels. On the surface, the story follows a young boy Eòin Dòmhnallach, from South Uist whom we first meet on page 1 as he crouches by the edge of the loch deciding whether or not to throw the stone-skiffler he's holding in his hand. It is 1913 and his two older brothers are down on the
Physical description
384 p.; 7.95 inches
Pages
384