Book of Death and Fish

A man sits down to write his will, setting in motion a compulsive series of reflections; a history of his own lifetime and a subjective account of how key events in the post-war world filter through to his home, Stornoway. 'Brilliant... it's a major landmark in fiction of the islands, in Scottish literature and contemporary fiction more broadly' Robert Macfarlane, Book of the Year in the "Guardian"

A propos de l'auteur

Ian Stephen is a writer, storyteller, artist and sailor from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. His prose, poetry and drama has been published around the world and garnered several awards, including the Robert Louis Stevenson Award. He was the first artist-in-residence at StAnza, Scotland’s annual poetry festival.

Résumé

As Peter MacAulay writes his will, he reflects on his life and how world events filter through to his home, Stornoway. He reveals his passions for history, engines and fish, and witnesses changing times – and things that don’t change – in the Hebrides. It’s about stories, a litany of small histories witnessed during one very individual lifetime.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ian Stephen, Stephen Ian
• Edition: Saraband
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.06.2015
• EAN: 9781908643971
• ISBN: 978-1-908643-97-1
• Pages: 480
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general