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Simple Fire
Selected Short Stories
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George Mackay Brown was a master of the short story form and produced a steady stream of short fiction collections, starting with A Calendar of Love (1967) and including A Time to Keep (1969) and Hawkfall (1974), as well as his poetry collections and novels.
In this selection, edited and introduced by Malachy Tallack, we explore the author's Orkney and the ups and downs of the crofters and fishermen there.
These magical stories, drawn from ancient lore and modern life, strip life down to the essentials.
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The reviews praise George Mackay Brown's Simple Fire for its spiritual depth and unique writing style. Edited by Malachy Tallack and Kathleen Jamie for the author's centenary, the selection showcases powerful poetry and stories. Morag Macinnes describes it as an excellent introduction, particularly for those new to Brown's work, noting Tallack's empathetic understanding of island life.
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ISBN: 9781846975172
Publisher: Birlinn General
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 June 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Contributors:
- Selected by Malachy Tallack
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 290g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
George Mackay Brown (192196) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished and original writers. His lifelong inspiration and birthplace, Stromness in Orkney, moulded his view of the world, though he studied in Edinburgh and later at Newbattle Abbey College. He produced a regular stream of publications from 1954 onwards. These included A Calendar of Love (1967), A Time to Keep (1969), Greenvoe (1972), Hawkfall (1974), and, notably, the novel Beside the Ocean of Time (1994), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Book of the Year.
Malachy Tallackhas written for theNew Statesman, theGuardian, theScottish Review of Books,Caught By the Riverand many other publications, online and in print. He won a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust in 2014, the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2015, and is the author of the acclaimed Sixty Degrees North. He is from Shetland, and currently lives in Glasgow.
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