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An Orkney Tapestry
  • ISBN: 9781846974809
  • Pages: 304
  • Publisher: Birlinn
  • Binding: Paperback

An Orkney Tapestry

George Mackay Brown
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First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown’s seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet.

Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama and environmental writing. The book, written at an early stage in the author’s career, was a landmark in Brown’s development as a writer.

Above all, it is a celebration of Orkney’s people, language and history. This edition reproduces Sylvia Wishart’s beautiful illustrations, commissioned for the original hardback.



A Song of the Islands

An Orkney Tapestry sits quietly at the heart of George Mackay Brown’s prolific output as a writer of poetry, stories, novels and plays, created over a life that was longer and richer than he or...

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