The Well at the World's End (Canongate Classic) - Softcover

Gunn, Neil M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862416450 ISBN 13: 9780862416454

Publisher: Canongate Books, 1996

Synopsis

The Well at the World's End is a tour de force which plays with images and ideas in the search for philosophical truth. Peter is a man searching for his lost youth, and during the course of the novel he finds, if not youth itself, then spiritual rejuvenation. In a light-hearted search for the well at the world's end, he wanders off among the hills, entering a realm of illusion and superstition, peopled by Highlanders each of whom unknowingly teaches him about life and about himself.

About this title

Review:

'Modern Scottish fiction reaches its highest peak in the novels of Neil M. Gunn ... he transcends regionalism and acquires universality.' - The Scotsman

About the Author:

Neil M. Gunn was born in Dunbeath, Caithness, in 1891, the seventh of nine children. Gunn left home to live with his sister and her family, was educated privately and passed Civil Service exams in 1907. Throughout the 1920s he published short stories and his first novel, The Grey Coast. He wrote many other books, including The Silver Darlings (1941) and his autobiography, The Atom of Delight (1956). He died in 1973.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0862416450
• ISBN 13: 9780862416454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480