Greenvoe
Brown, George Mackay2019
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Greenvoe, the tight-knit community on the Orcadian island of Hellya, has existed unchanged for generations, but Operation Black Star requires the island for unspecified purposes and threatens the islanders' way of life. A whole host of characters - The Skarf, failed fishermen and Marxist historian; Ivan Westray, boatman and dallier; pious creeler Samuel Whaness; drunken fishermen Bert Kerston; earth-mother Alice Voar, and meths-drinker Timmy Folster - are vividly brought to life in this sparkling mixture of prose and poetry. In the end Operation Black Star fails, but not before it has ruined the island; but the book ends on a note of hope as the islanders return to celebrate the ritual rebirth of Hellya.
Main title:
Greenvoe / George Mackay Brown.
Author:
Brown, George Mackay, author
Edition:
New edition / introduction by Ali Smith.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2019.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781846975059 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1876019
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