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Original Title:	Sunset Song
ISBN:	0862411793 (ISBN13: 9780862411794)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	A Scots Quair #1
Characters:	Chris Guthrie, Ewan Tavendale, Mollie Douglas, Rob Duncan, Chae Strachan
Setting:	Kincardineshire, Scotland Scotland

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Voted "Best Scottish Book of All Time" by "the public" in 2005

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The lines are gorgeous. When you listen to this you are there in the Scottish Highlands. When? At the beginning of the 20th century. Writing can be all about creating the atmosphere of a particular time and place.

I am listening to the audiobook narrated by Eileen McCallum. You have to pay attention. Understanding the Scottish dialect is difficult, but worth it. I don't understand all the words. Most you understand from the context. The dialect captures the colloquial speech of the area. The dialect is said to be artificial, but I didn’t realize this. McCallum's intonation reflects the humor, sadness and anger found in the lines. She sings the Scottish tunes. Five stars for the excellent narration. In my view the narration enhances one's appreciation of the text.

I absolutely adored this book. I love the story, how it plays out, as well as the writing. If you look on Wiki you will get a map of the fictional town of Kinraddie. It is near Aberdeen. After reading the article I thought that while I agreed with all that was said, the article fails. It fails because it does not convey how the reader / listener will be drawn into the story. That is the magic of good writing.

The themes are the impact of the First World War and pacifism, socialism, the disappearance from the Scottish Highlands of the traditional small-scale croft farming, the cutting of the forests and the subsequent increase of sheep raising. One world is replaced by another. The inevitability of change. A world that changes means that people's lives change too. The characters fall in love, they are happy, they are sad, they hurt each other and some die. Life goes on. The land is a constant.

This is not a light book. People are drawn accurately ...and we aren't always nice! Some readers may be upset by the realistic description of childbirth. There is incest and sex. I didn't find any of this graphic. Keep in mind that a threat can be more disturbing than an actual event.

This book will be loved by those who appreciate nature, those who prefer country over city, those who have been to and love Scotland, and all of you who appreciate superb writing.

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Title	:	Sunset Song (A Scots Quair #1)
Author	:	Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Canongate Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	November 1st 1988 by Canongate Books (first published 1932)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Cultural. Scotland. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels. Literature. 20th Century

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If you've ever even been to Scotland and seen this lost world in the desolate ruins of farm steads, this book will make your heart ache ever so much. [Prtf]

This book (and the remaining 2 in the trilogy 'A Scot's Quair') is regarded as a classic of Scottish literature, so I was expecting something good and I really wasn't disappointed. The story has the feel of an epic and is set in the early 1900's on a tough windswept farm near Aberdeen. The central character, Chris Guthrie, is a young girl who is destined for more, due to her intelligence, nurtured at school but those assets disregarded by most of the local community due to their dedication in

This book was AMAZING and is being added to my all-time favorites list. My wife and I are heading back to Scotland this year and I wanted to read something Scottish so I went to the 'ol Google, searched for best Scottish novels, and chose Sunset Song off the list. Win! I downloaded the audiobook and off I went. Sunset Song was published in 1932, and the primary storyline takes place in the years 1911 to 1919. It is set almost entirely in a very small, fictional Scottish town called Kinraddie,

"Sunset Song" is a story of changing times, of death and awakening. It is written in Scottish dialect which gives it many unusual, in fact, unheard of words, but this didn't hurt it for me. You could always get the gist of the meaning and it provided a poetic and atmospheric element. The writing style is actually quite lovely in my opinion. The book is dense very little dialogue with long paragraphs and often very long sentences. This didn't bother me, either, except that it took me longer to

Somewhere I read someone saying 'All Scottish children should read this book'*. Really ... children? There's an awful lot of real life ... but maybe that's the point. I would suggest not reading it until you are at least 16 - then, wow, this is for you. This is the launch of a life.It is also for anyone deep in a creative writing course (university or otherwise) as the writing style and use of narrative tools will fuel your rebellion. There are so many rules about writing fiction now - there

This book was included in the 100 Best Scottish Books (Willy Maley and the Scottish Book Trust and others in 2005), and according to the Wikipedia article on it is widely regarded as one of the most important Scottish novels of the 20th century, if not the most important. Having just completed it I'm all in agreement. It is lyrical and moving, it is old fashioned and modern at the same time, it does blend melodrama and realism, and it does show the best of Scotland in Chris Guthrie. The

REVISIT VIA BBC: Listen hereDescription: Divided between her love of the land and the harshness of farming life, young Chris Guthrie finally decides to stay in the rural community of her childhood. Yet World War I and the changes that follow make her a widow and mock the efforts of her youth. Episode 1/2 (1 hour): Chris is torn between the love of the land and her ambition to be a teacher. Episode 2/2: After her father's death, Chris is determined to work the farm, alone if needs be.watch a