Off in a Boat

"His ability scrupulously to evoke the landscapes and the peoples of the Highlands, his blending together of myth and reality and his wide-ranging imagination make Neil Gunn the most important Scottish novelist of the 20th century."-Trevor Royle, The Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature

About the author

Neil Gunn is recognized as one of Scotland's foremost writers. In recent years, many of his books have been re-issued, including two volumes of criticism and half a dozen novels.

Summary

"His ability scrupulously to evoke the landscapes and the peoples of the Highlands, his blending together of myth and reality and his wide-ranging imagination make Neil Gunn the most important Scottish novelist of the 20th century."-Trevor Royle, The Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature

Product details

• Authors: Neil Gunn, Neil Miller Gunn
• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.1998
• EAN: 9780941533980
• ISBN: 978-0-941533-98-0
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic