Nairn in Darkness and Light by David Thomson
"Nairn in Darkness and Light" is a mixture of personal experience and past history, in which the author recalls his boyhood spent in the small town on the Moray Firth, on the borders between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Nairn has witnessed many of the triumphs and tragedies of Scottish history, and these are recalled with intuitive understanding in the book; but it is also the scene of David Thomson's formative years, when he was afflicted by eye trouble which shaped his whole future. This is a marvellously sensitive autobiography which in the process recreates the divided community of Nairn, with its fisher community and its townsfolk, the lives of crofters and of the prosperous upper middle classes of the 1920s.
Stanley Middleton is the author of a score of novels, all of them informed by his instinctive interest in the texture of real life. Out of these workday materials he makes his drama of the senses, the heart, and the spirit. The first of his novels to appear in the United States, Valley of Decision, was published by New Amsterdam Books in 1987.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091683603 |
| ISBN 10 | 0091683602 |
| Title | Nairn in Darkness and Light |
| Author | David Thomson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1987-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of McVities Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year 1987 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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