The Guga Stone
Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda
Published on 1. July 2013
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-908373-74-8 (ISBN)
Description
Place one guga [almost fully grown gannet chick] and one stone in a pan of water and boil. Once you can pierce the stone with a fork, the guga is ready for eating...
Meet Calum.
In 1930, the last remaining St Kildans evacuated their isolated outpost 100 miles off the west coast of Scotland. Calum returns a few years later, alone and troubled, the sole guardian of the islanders' abandoned homes. Haunted by the memories that linger there, he begins to re-live the experiences of residents long past.
Acrobats, airmen, cormorants, cragsmen and angels leap, climb, shimmer and swoop through the pages of The Guga Stone.
With subtle humour, Donald S. Murray mixes mythology, fiction and history to recreate St Kilda's tales and legends for our time.
Meet Calum.
In 1930, the last remaining St Kildans evacuated their isolated outpost 100 miles off the west coast of Scotland. Calum returns a few years later, alone and troubled, the sole guardian of the islanders' abandoned homes. Haunted by the memories that linger there, he begins to re-live the experiences of residents long past.
Acrobats, airmen, cormorants, cragsmen and angels leap, climb, shimmer and swoop through the pages of The Guga Stone.
With subtle humour, Donald S. Murray mixes mythology, fiction and history to recreate St Kilda's tales and legends for our time.
Reviews / Votes
This is a wonderfully eclectic collection of poems and prose by a gifted Scottish writer. - THE GUARDIANMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908373-74-8 (9781908373748)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Book
07/2014
Luath Press Ltd
€31.13
Article in reprint
Persons
DONALD S. MURRAY comes from Ness in Lewis but now lives in Shetland. A poet, author, teacher and occasional journalist, Donald's books range from in tone and content from The Guga Hunters and And On This Rock (Birlinn) to Small Expectations (Two Ravens Press) and Weaving Songs (Acair). He has been awarded the Jessie Kesson Writing Fellowship and the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. He has also been shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award and the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award.
DOUGLAS ROBERTSON comes from Dundee but now lives in Hampshire. Artist, teacher and occasional poet, he has worked on numerous collaborations with poets and authors throughout his career. His work is held in public collections throughout the UK.
DOUGLAS ROBERTSON comes from Dundee but now lives in Hampshire. Artist, teacher and occasional poet, he has worked on numerous collaborations with poets and authors throughout his career. His work is held in public collections throughout the UK.