The Island of the Women and Other Stories

by George Mackay Brown

Book Overview

These six stories lead back to Orkney's past and to fables. To break a siege of the Broch of Guirness, unlikely champions come forward for single combat. Njalsay is seen through the eyes of a poor idiot laird misunderstood by his people, and a poet becomes laureate by embracing silence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719558697
• ISBN13: 9780719558696
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"