The Guga Stone
Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda
Edición de la obra The Guga Stone
| Autor | Donald S. Murray |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Luath Press Ltd |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 329 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781909912427, 9781909912441, 9781908373748 |
| ISBN-10 | 1909912425, 1909912441, 1908373741, 191002113X |
| OCLC | 857364872, 839317439 |
| LCCN | 2015514483 |
| Número de Cutter | M981g |
In 1930, the last inhabitants of the isle of St Kilda were evacuated to the mainland. Shortly afterwards, following several acts of vandalism by local fishermen, Calum MacKinnon was sent back to the island to guard against further damage. Alone on the deserted island, he begins to re-imagine the conversations and stories from his years in the island port of Village Bay. He also recalls some of the experiences of its people in exile on the mainland, showing their difficulties in adjusting to a new way of life, and a diet no longer based mainly on seabirds. The vivid prose is.