After the Dance

Selected Stories of Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton-Smith author Alan Warner editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Published:1st Sep '17

Should be back in stock very soon

After the Dance cover

As a child Iain Crichton Smith was raised speaking Gaelic on the island of Lewis. At school in Stornoway he spoke English. Like many islanders before and since, his culture was divided: two languages and two histories entailing exile. His divided perspective delineated the tyranny of history and religion, of the cramped life of small communities, and gave him a compassionate eye for the struggle of women and men in a world defined by denials. After the Dance proves that big themes – love, history, power, submission, death – can be addressed without the foil of irony and acquire resonance when given a local habitation and a voice that risks pure, humane, impassioned speech.

This updated edition includes the story ‘Home’

ISBN: 9781846974038

Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 20mm

Weight: 241g

288 pages

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