The Gathering Night [electronic resource]
Elphinstone, Margaret2009
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A “vivid tale” of prehistoric Scotland: “rival kin groups, loyalty, love and betrayal, salted by dangerous hunts and equally risky shamanistic ceremonies” (Adam Thorpe, The Guardian, UK). In the Mesolithic period, Alaia and her family live off the land between Grandmother Mountain and the cold sea. But when one of her brothers goes hunting and never returns, the fragile balance of life is upset. Half-starved and maddened with grief, Alaia’s mother follows her visions and goes in search of her lost son in this “complex tale of love, revenge, murder and honor” (The List, UK). The Gathering Night is a story of conflict, loss, love, adventure and devastating natural disaster. This gripping novel by the acclaimed author of The Sea Road is set deep in our stone-age past but resonates as a parable for our troubled planet 8,000 years on. “Employing her considerable skills as a historical novelist, Elphinstone imagines the lives of the hunter-gatherers who thrived in the period from the end of the Ice Age until the adoption of agriculture…Imagination is well-woven with avid research [in] Elphinstone’s beguiling prose.”—Anita Sethi, Independent on Sunday, UK
Main title:
The Gathering Night [electronic resource] / Margaret Elphinstone
Author:
Elphinstone, Margaret, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of nine previous novels, including Light, The Sea Road, and Voyageurs. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies.
ISBN:
9781847676092
Language:
English
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BRN:
1519629
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