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18%OFFNeil M. Gunn - The Silver Darlings - 9780571090419 - 9780571090419
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The Silver Darlings

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Description for The Silver Darlings Paperback. The tale of lives won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. The dawning of the herring fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the Highland Clearances, and this story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history, and refusing to be crushed. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
The Silver Darlings is a tale of lives hard won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. It tells of strong young men and stronger women whose loves, fears and sorrows are set deep in a landscape of raw beauty and bleak reward. The dawning of the Herring Fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the brutality of the Highland Clearances, and Neil Gunn's story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history and refusing to be crushed.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571090419
SKU
9780571090419
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Neil M. Gunn
Neil Miller Gunn (1891-1973) was a novelist, critic and dramatist, one of the most influential Scottish writers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born in the village of Dunbeath in the county of Caithness, the northernmost county of mainland Scotland. His father was the captain of a herring boat, and Gunn's preoccupation with the sea and ... Read more

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