| Title:
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THE ISLAND OF THE WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES
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| By: |
George Mackay Brown |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719558697 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719558696 |
| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 1998 |
| Pages: |
309 |
| Description: |
These six stories lead back to Orkney's past and to fables. To break a siege of the Broch of Guirness, unlikely champions come forward for single combat. Njalsay is seen through the eyes of a poor idiot laird misunderstood by his people, and a poet becomes laureate by embracing silence. |
| Synopsis: |
These six stories lead back to Orkney's past and to fables. To break a siege of the Broch of Guirness, unlikely champions come forward for single combat. Njalsay is seen through the eyes of a poor idiot laird misunderstood by his people, and a poet becomes laureate by embracing silence. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |