Title: Sunset song
First published: December 18, 2007
Description: Divided between her love of the land and the brutal harshness of farming life, young Chris Guthrie finally chooses to stay in the rural community of her childhood. Yet the First World War and the economic and social changes that follow make her a widow and mock the efforts of her youth. But although the days of the small crofter are over, Chris symbolises and intuitive strength which, like the land itself, endures despite everything. Sunset Song is the first and most celebrated book of Grassic Gibbon's great trilogy, A Scot's Quair. It provides a powerful description of the first two decades of the century through the evocation of change and the lyrical intensity of its prose. It is hard to think of any other Scottish novel this century which has received wider acclaim and better epitomises the feeling of a nation.
Subjects: Fiction, World War, 1914-1918, Social life and customs, Crofters, Chris Guthrie (Fictitious character), Social conditions, Literature, Mothers and sons, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, Manners and customs, Scotland, fiction, Fiction, historical, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, English literature, History
Places: Scotland, North East Scotland
Time periods: 20th century