Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown
In this beautiful and haunting novel, Browns lyrical descriptions and gift for local colour capture, as ever, the myth-drenched magic of his native islands. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.George Mackay Brown (1921–96) was one of the twentieth century’s most distinguished and original writers. His lifelong inspiration and birthplace, Stromness in Orkney, moulded his view of the world, though he studied in Edinburgh and later at Newbattle Abbey College. In 1941 he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and lived an increasingly reclusive life in Stromness, but he produced a regular stream of publications from 1954 onwards. These included A Calendar of Love (1967), A Time to Keep (1969), Greenvoe (1972), Hawkfall (1974), and, notably, the novel Beside the Ocean of Time (1994), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Book of the Year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904598299 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904598293 |
| Title | Beside the Ocean of Time |
| Author | George Mackay Brown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2005-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Saltire Book of the Year 1994 (UK), Short-listed for Man Booker Prize 1994 (UK) |
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