For the Islands I Sing: An Autobiography - George Mackay Brown

George’s memory is inseparable from Orkney, where he was born the youngest child of a poor family and which he rarely left. His mother was a beautiful woman who spoke only Gaelic and his father was a wit, mimic and singer, who also doubled as postman and tailor. Tuberculosis framed George’s early life and kept him in a kind of limbo. He discovered alcohol which gave him insights into the workings of the mind. While attending the University of Edinburgh he came into contact with Goodsir Smith, MacDiarmid and Norman MacCaig – and Stella Cartwright with whom perhaps all of them were in love.

tytuł oryginału

For the Islands I Sing: An Autobiography

data wydania

luty 1998 (data przybliżona)

ISBN

9780719556289

liczba stron

192

język

angielski