Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton-Smith
50th anniversary edition of a true modern classic. 'Vividly depicted ... sheer beauty' OBSERVER
Iain Crichton Smith was, and is, lovingly acknowledged as one of modern Scotland's foremost writers.. Reading Iain Crichton Smith - like the author's own compulsion to write - is a hungry addiction ... The book posits, with absolute subtlety, the need for a compassionate, rather than a dogmatic, understanding of human needs: a message that is surely as important now as it ever was. -- Kevin MacNeil * The List *
A simple but noble book ... this deserves to be read * The Scotsman *
Crichton Smith has an acute feeling for places and atmosphere. The wind-blown heaths, the grey skies, the black dwellings, the narrow lives, the poverty - are all vividly depicted ... one can linger over the sheer beauty of his phrases * Observer *
Restrained, finely wrought ... Crichton Smith shows us isolation, perplexity, loneliness, a combination of blindness and indifference * New Statesman *
A masterpiece of simplicity * FINANCIAL TIMES *
A profoundly human document, with a message for our own and future times -- Martin Seymour Smith
A simple but noble book ... this deserves to be read * The Scotsman *
Crichton Smith has an acute feeling for places and atmosphere. The wind-blown heaths, the grey skies, the black dwellings, the narrow lives, the poverty - are all vividly depicted ... one can linger over the sheer beauty of his phrases * Observer *
Restrained, finely wrought ... Crichton Smith shows us isolation, perplexity, loneliness, a combination of blindness and indifference * New Statesman *
A masterpiece of simplicity * FINANCIAL TIMES *
A profoundly human document, with a message for our own and future times -- Martin Seymour Smith
Born on the Isle of Lewis in 1928, Iain Crichton Smith was educated there and at the University of Aberdeen. He published many collections of acclaimed verse, short stories and plays (some in Gaelic). A spell of National Service in the fifties he worked as an English teacher until his retirement in 1977. He was the recipient of many literary prizes, Scottish Arts Council Awards and fellowships, as well as the Queen's Jubilee Medal and an OBE. He died in 1998.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781474611824 |
| ISBN 10 | 1474611826 |
| Title | Consider the Lilies |
| Author | Iain Crichton Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2018-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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