Da happie laand
Jamieson, Robert Alan2011
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A Perth minister takes in a traumatised stranger who calls himself the 'son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed.An experimental novel on a grand scale, beautifully carried through. A Perth minister takes in a traumatised stranger who calls himself the son and heir to being lost". When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed. Shifting perspectives from a contemporary mystery to a history of Shetland and emigration, it extends the idea of Scottish empire and diaspora imaginatively, while addressing notions of being and belonging in 21st century Scotland.
Main title:
Da happie laand / Robert Alan Jamieson.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath, 2011.Edinburgh : Luath Press Limited, 2011.
Collation:
388 p. ; 20 cm.367 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.
ISBN:
9781906817862 (pbk)1906817863 (pbk)97819068178621906817863
Dewey class:
823.9'2G823.92
LC class:
PR6110.A513
Local class:
ZF
Language:
English
Subject:
Clergy -- Scotland -- Perth -- FictionMissing persons -- Scotland -- FictionNational characteristics, Scottish -- FictionStrangers -- FictionShetland (Scotland) -- History -- FictionScotland -- History -- FictionScotland -- Emigration and immigration -- FictionScotland -- Civilization -- FictionScotland -- FictionGeneralGeneral
BRN:
524430
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