Vinland - Hardcover

Brown, George Mackay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719551498 ISBN 13: 9780719551499

Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

This novel of the North Atlantic in the Viking age tells the story of Ranald Sigmundson, who turns his back on a successful life of political intrigues and battles to design a ship to take him on a journey even greater than the first great voyage of his life, the one to Vinland.

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Review:

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

Book Description:

'A fascinating emotional odyssey' Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0719551498
• ISBN 13: 9780719551499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232