Vinland - Couverture souple

George Mackay Brown finds more diversity of subject and mood in these islands than most writers would see in a city street. He evokes nature constantly, but naturally, with ease and no pretension. His images are stark, carefully placed, and exact . . . A precise, poetic and dazzling writer'. --The Guardian

Mackay Brown enters instinctively into the lives of his characters with exhilarating sureness of touch. A fascinating emotional odyssey, a novel with tone and integrity which cuts surprisingly deep. --The Sunday Telegraph

Abundant knowledge of lore and legend, skills of seamanship and husbandry weave through the text, like strands in a magic carpet. Entirely delightful. --Scotland on Sunday

George Mackay Brown is one of the major Scottish literary figures of the twentieth century. A prolific poet and novelist, he took much of his inspiration from the myths and landscapes of Orkney, and also from his deep Catholic faith. His collection of short stories 'A Time to Keep' (1971) won the Katherine Mansfield Mentor short story pize and his novel 'Beside the Ocean of Time' was short listed for the Booker Prize in 1994. He died in 1996.