The Guga Hunters
'Deeply moving' - Will Self, Daily Telegraph'He writes with an inherent understanding of Highland culture, language and way of life' - Herald 'Mesmerising. When I closed this book I was left with the feeling that Donald S. Murray had been paring away layers of centuries of life inNess for my benefit ... Beautifully judged' - Jim Crumley, Scots MagazineEvery year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail north-east for some forty miles to a remote rock called Sulasgeir. Their mission is to catch and harvest the guga; the almost fully grown gannet chicks nesting on the two hundred foot high cliffs that circle the tiny i…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85790-765-3
- EAN: 9780857907653
- Produktnummer: 26649444
- Verlag: Birlinn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'347 KB
Über den Autor
Donald S. Murray was born in Ness in the Isle of Lewis. A teacher, author and journalist, his poetry, prose and verse has been shortlistedfor both the Saltire Award and Callum Macdonald Memorial Award. Published widely, his work has also appeared in a number of nationalanthologies and on BBC Radio 4 and Radio Scotland. He lives and works in Shetland.
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