Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Список книг автора Lewis Grassic GibbonCanción del ocaso
"Había cosas maravillosas en el mundo, cosas maravillosas que no duraban, y eso las volvía más maravillosas."Cuando empieza a estudiar en la escuela de Kinraddie, un pequeño pueblo escocés, la joven Chris Guthrie se encuentra en la disyuntiva de elegir entre dos caminos diametralmente opuestos; por un lado, el de los libros y el conocimiento, y, por el otro, el de la vida rural dedicada a la tierra. Con esta contradicción perenne en su corazón, Chris crece, trabaja, aprende, sufre, conoce la felicidad, la melancolía, el amor y la pérdida.Votada como la novela favorita de los escoceses y llevada a la gran pantalla por Terence Davies, Canción del ocaso es la obra más aclamada de Lewis Grassic Gibbon y un clásico imprescindible de la literatura escocesa. La historia de Chris dibuja con un lirismo extraordinario la dureza de la vida rural, los cambios producidos por el estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial y la fortaleza de una mujer que, como la tierra que trabaja con sus manos, resiste y reverdece ante las inclemencias del destino.
CLOUD HOWE (The Classic of Scottish Literature)
Cloud HoweII is the story of Chris Guthrie and her second husband Robert. They move to Segget, a mill town where a class struggle is taking shape and Robert is at the helm of political affairs… «The borough of Segget stands under the Mounth, on the southern side, in the Mearns Howe, Fordoun lies near and Drumlithie nearer, you can see the Laurencekirk lights of a night glimmer and glow as the mists come down.» (Excerpt) Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901 – 1935), a Scottish writer famous for his contribution to the Scottish Renaissance and portrayal of strong female characters.
Sunset Song
Faced with a choice between a harsh farming life and the world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie chooses to remain in her rural community, bound by her intense love of the land. But everything changes with the arrival of the First World War and Chris finds her land altered beyond recognition.
In lyrical prose, Sunset Song evokes village life in the early twentieth century and offers a powerful portrait of a land and people in turmoil.
This stunning new edition of one of the most cherished Scottish novels of the twentieth century includes a specially commissioned introduction by Nicola Sturgeon, in which she writes with heartfelt passion of her love for what she regards as 'one of the finest literary accomplishments Scotland has ever known . . . In no small way, I owe my love of literature to Sunset Song'.
