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Outlying Islands
David Greig
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Description for Outlying Islands
Paperback. In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, two young Cambridge ornithologists arrive on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island, sent by the government to survey the island's birds. With them on the island are Kirk, the authoritarian lease holder, and his niece Ellen, a young woman in love with the stars of silent comedy. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
In 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, two young Cambridge ornithologists arrive on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island, sent by the government to survey the island's birds. With them on the island are Kirk, the authoritarian leaseholder, and his niece Ellen, a young woman in love with the stars of silent comedy. Left alone on a scrap of land surrounded by the vast Atlantic, they observe each other.
Poetic, intense and gripping, Outlying Islands is a glimpse of an innocence, a way of seeing and a way of being young that is about to be destroyed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571217601
SKU
V9780571217601
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About David Greig
David Greig is a writer and theatre director. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969. His play Europe was performed at the Traverse Theatre in 1994. Since then, his plays, adaptations and musical scripts have been performed widely in the UK and around the world. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture, who produced collaborative, experimental work until their funding was ... Read more
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