In the Cairngorms (UK)
Nan Shepherd
(Author)
Robert MacFarlane
(Introduction by)
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Description
The only book of poems from this legendary author (who wrote the still bestselling The Living Mountain) and who is now being re-discovered as one of the greats of 20th century women writers. Foreword by Robert Macfarlane, author of The Lost Words and The Old Ways.
Nan Shepherd was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet. She was an early writer in Scots, who wrote three stand-alone novels set in small, fictional communities in North Scotland. The Scottish landscape and weather played a major role in her novels and provided the focus for her poetry.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Galileo Publishers
Publish Date
March 10, 2019
Pages
80
Dimensions
5.0 X 7.7 X 0.4 inches | 0.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781903385333
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About the Author
Nan Shepherd (1893-1981) was a Scottish writer, educator, and poet. An intrepid hiker throughout her life, she spent hundreds of days and journeyed thousands of miles on foot in the Caingorms of Scotland. She published three novels--The QuarryWood, The Weatherhouse, and A Pass in the Grampians--and a volume of poetry--In the Cairngorms--in an extraordinary six-year burst between 1928 and 1934. After a period of creative silence, she composed The Living Mountain during the Second World War. However, the manuscript was stashed away in a drawer for nearly four decades before its publication in 1977.
ROBERT MACFARLANE is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the author of a number of bestselling and prize-winning books, including The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Holloway, Landmarks, and Underland, which won the Wainwright Prize. His work has been translated into many languages and widely adapted for film, television, and radio. The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E. M. Forster Award for Literature in 2017. He is a word collector and mountain climber -- and he has three children who have taught him more about the world than any book.
