The Cone-Gatherers by Robin Jenkins
The Cone-Gatherers is Robin Jenkins' masterpiece, now with an introduction from Paul Giamatti - a haunting story of love and violence, war and envy
Let me alert everyone to the best-kept secret in modern British literatureIf you love the novel; if you are interested in books that are humane and wise, not slick and cynical; then treat yourself this year to some Robin Jenkins -- Andrew Marr
Like all great masters, his skill is lightly worn, his sentences singing with what he does not say * * The Times * *
A masterpiece of concision and terrible pathos -- Isobel Murray
Few novels in our heritage have the bell-like harmonies of this book . . . it has a strange haunting poetic quality, conjuring from a few props a fable of eternal significance -- Iain Crichton Smith
It would not be too demonstrative to claim that The Cone-Gatherers is Scotland's Cherry Orchard . . . It feels as eerily prescient today as it did when it was first published in the 1950s and is the kind of book that offers up new, modern meanings with every reading -- STUART COSGROVE * * The List * *
Like all great masters, his skill is lightly worn, his sentences singing with what he does not say * * The Times * *
A masterpiece of concision and terrible pathos -- Isobel Murray
Few novels in our heritage have the bell-like harmonies of this book . . . it has a strange haunting poetic quality, conjuring from a few props a fable of eternal significance -- Iain Crichton Smith
It would not be too demonstrative to claim that The Cone-Gatherers is Scotland's Cherry Orchard . . . It feels as eerily prescient today as it did when it was first published in the 1950s and is the kind of book that offers up new, modern meanings with every reading -- STUART COSGROVE * * The List * *
Robin Jenkins, OBE., was born in 1912. The author of more than thirty works of fiction, he received the Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award in 2002 for an outstanding contribution to Scottish life and in 2003 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saltire Society. Jenkins was hailed as 'the greatest living fiction-writer in Scotland' (Scotsman) before he died in 2005.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857862358 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857862359 |
| Title | The Cone-Gatherers |
| Author | Robin Jenkins |
| Series | Canons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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