Description
Erik Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific writers of the last century. This selection of stories covers his entire writing life. The settings are as various as the places where he lived – Orkney, India, California, Edinburgh, and the Highlands – the events that take place both fantastic and sensual in their depiction. A strong seam of Scottish history and culture runs through much of Linklater’s work. The short stories include classics of the form, such as The Goose Girl and Kind Kitty, and wild variations on fairy stories, medieval myths, bawdy folk tales, Viking sagas and 1920s crime reports. They derive from the magic of the world – love, beauty, ambition, drink and language. Their exuberant invention and comic verve provide glorious evidence for George Mackay Brown’s assertion that ‘Linklater is one of Scotland’s best story-tellers ever’. Hardcover in price clipped dust jacket. Both book and jacket have a little light edge wear, and the spine of the jacket has faded. There is a small pencil mark on the right edge of the page block but the contents of the book are clean throughout. The jacket is now in a removable protective cover. xi, 306 pages. Size 24 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm. The picture is of the actual book for sale.