A Scots Quair
Author: Lewis Grassic Gibbon
A Scots Quair is revolutionary – innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterization and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In Sunset Song, Gibbon’s finest achievement, the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Sc….Read More
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