Bücher von Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935) schrieb mit »Wind und Wolkenlicht« die Geschichte von Chris Guthrie aus »Lied vom Abendrot« fort. Nach dem Tod ihres ersten Mannes heiratet Chris den Idealisten Robert Colquohoun und zieht mit ihm und ihrem Sohn Ewan in die Kleinstadt Segget, wo Robert eine Pastorenstelle annimmt. Chris hadert mit ihrer Rolle als Pastorenfrau, die Sehnsucht nach der weiten Landschaft ihrer Kindheit, die ihr Freiheit und Ungebundenheit bedeutet, lässt sie nicht los. Gibbon entwirft in dem kleinstädtischen Segget eine Galerie eigenwilliger Charaktere: darunter der frömmelnde Postmeister MacDougall Brown, Klatschbase Ag Moultrie, Großbauer Dalziel und nicht zuletzt die Arbeiter der Jutespinnerei, die gegen unumstößlich scheinende Hierarchien aufbegehren.Vor dem Hintergrund des gescheiterten Generalstreiks 1926 zeichnet Lewis Grassic Gibbon mit liebevoller, oft harscher Komik das Bild einer Gesellschaft im Netz von tradierten Privilegien und Unterdrückung. Die ungewöhnliche kollektive Erzählstimme treibt den Fluss der Geschichte voran und schaut den Figuren in die Köpfe. Klatsch, Gerüchte und persönliche Animositäten bestimmen in rhythmischen Satzketten, im Original teilweise im schottischen Dialekt, das Miteinander und stellen vor allem eines in Frage: historische Wahrheit. Esther Kinsky bietet in ihrer prachtvollen, vielstimmigen Übersetzung Klänge, Farben, Derbheiten und zarte Schönheiten des Deutschen auf, von denen wir gar nicht wussten. Es ist diese überwältigende, reiche Sprache, die im Roman die sozialen und politischen Spannungen einer Gesellschaft im Wandel überwindet.

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), a Scottish writer. Born in Auchterless, and raised in Arbuthnott in the former county of Kincardineshire, Mitchell started working as a journalist for the Aberdeen Journal in 1917, and later for the Farmers Weekly after moving to Glasgow. Gibbon grew up in Stonehaven, and attended Mackie Academy. Around that time he was active with the British Socialist Party. He was best known for his trilogy A Scots Quair, set in the north-east of Scotland in early years of the 20th century. The trilogy consists of three novels: Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933), and Grey Granite (1934). A Scots Quair, with its combination of stream-of-consciousness, lyrical use of dialect, and social realism, is considered to be among the defining works of the 20th century Scottish Renaissance.

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), a Scottish writer. Born in Auchterless, and raised in Arbuthnott in the former county of Kincardineshire, Mitchell started working as a journalist for the Aberdeen Journal in 1917, and later for the Farmers Weekly after moving to Glasgow. Gibbon grew up in Stonehaven, and attended Mackie Academy. Around that time he was active with the British Socialist Party. He was best known for his trilogy A Scots Quair, set in the north-east of Scotland in early years of the 20th century. The trilogy consists of three novels: Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933), and Grey Granite (1934). A Scots Quair, with its combination of stream-of-consciousness, lyrical use of dialect, and social realism, is considered to be among the defining works of the 20th century Scottish Renaissance.

"Nine Against the Unknown" is a vintage book that looks at some of history's most important and celebrated explorers including Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, describing in detail their various voyages and journeys and how they changed the world. Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pen name of James Leslie Mitchell (1901 - 1935), a Scottish writer. Other notable works by this author include: "The Thirteenth Disciple" (1931), "The Calends of Cairo" (1931), and "Three Go Back" (1932). Contents include: "The Glamour of Gold and the Givers of Life", "Leif Ericsson's Landfall in Wineland the Good", "Ser Marco Polo Journeys to the Islands Beyond Cathay", "Don Cristóbal Colon and the Earthly Paradise", "Cabeza De Vaca's Quest for the City of God", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITHYoung Chris Guthrie lives a brutal life in the harsh landscape of northern Scotland, torn between her passion for the land, duty to her family and her love of books. When her mother, broken by repeated childbirths, takes her own life and poisons her two youngest children, Chris is left with her father to run the farm on her own. Soon she is alone, and for the first time can choose how to spend her life. But as the First World War begins, everything changes, and the young men leave Scotland for battle. The first in Gibbon's classic trilogy A Scot's Quair, Sunset Song is infused with local vernacular, and innovatively blends Scots and English in an intense description of Scottish life in the early twentieth century.