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
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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