Orkney Tapestry

An Orkney Tapestry, by George Mackay Brown, is a seminal work that was first published in 1969. It is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet and combines ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. This edition reproduces Sylvia Wisharts beautiful illustrations, commissioned for the original hardback, and is a celebration of Orkney's people, language, and history.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 03 June 2021
\n Publisher: Birlinn General
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First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. The book, written at an early stage in the author's career, explores themes that appear in his later work and was a landmark in Brown's development as a writer. Above all, it is a celebration of Orkney's people, language, and history. This edition reproduces Sylvia Wishart's beautiful illustrations, commissioned for the original hardback. Made available again for the first time in over 40 years, this new edition sits alongside Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain as an important precursor of environmental writing by the likes of Kathleen Jamie, Robert Macfarlane, Malachy Tallack, and, most recently, Amy Liptrot.

First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. The book, written at an early stage in the author's career, explores themes that appear in his later work and was a landmark in Brown's development as a writer. Above all, it is a celebration of Orkney's people, language, and history. This edition reproduces Sylvia Wishart's beautiful illustrations, commissioned for the original hardback. Made available again for the first time in over 40 years, this new edition sits alongside Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain as an important precursor of environmental writing by the likes of Kathleen Jamie, Robert Macfarlane, Malachy Tallack, and, most recently, Amy Liptrot.

\n Weight: 270g\n
Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781846974809\n \n