A Modest Harmony Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen

A Memoir

Omschrijving

A Brooklyn family buys a stone cottage beside a loch in Scotland and summers in the lonely hills. Witty and passionate...the little society scattered across the lonely hills is rightly set against its ancient and recent history...this wise book...entertainingly observant...Perthshire winds, voices, birdsong, silences...weeks spent in reading, (no TV, no radio) -Ronald Blythe, author of AKENFIELD, NYTimes Book Review. A resonant book...in lucid prose she shows how the Scots preserve and guard the spirit of an older world against the intrusion of modern life. -Paula Fox I was enchanted by this story of seven summers in a Scottish Glen...shepherds, townspeople, farmers, lairds...Sheila Gordon is perceptive, lyrical...humorous -Francis Steegmuller
€ 22,90
Paperback / softback
 
Gratis verzending vanaf
€ 19,95 binnen Nederland
Schrijver
Gordon, Sheila
Titel
A Modest Harmony Seven Summers in a Scottish Glen
Uitgever
iUniverse
Jaar
2011
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
288
Gewicht
376 gr
EAN
9781440181382
Afmetingen
216 x 140 x 23 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

U ontvangt bij ons altijd de laatste druk!


Rubrieken

Boekstra