A Scots Quair - Lewis Grassic Gibbon • BookLikes (ISBN:0140083480)

A Scots Quair

by: Lewis Grassic Gibbon (author)

ISBN: 9780140083484 (0140083480)

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, Cultural, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Canon, Scotland

Series: A Scots Quair

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Warwick rated it

12 years ago

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A long, powerful, moving, and ultimately pitiless account of that generation in Scotland who lived (if they were lucky) through the First World War and saw the rural lives of the crofters swallowed up by a new urban society. The first book of the trilogy is the most astonishing – all the pleasures o...

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Bettie's Books rated it

13 years ago

http://bettie.booklikes.com Bettie's Books 0.0

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Edited with introductions by Tom Crawford.Sunset SongCloud HoweGrey Granite

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even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment rated it

14 years ago

http://nefariasbredd.booklikes.com even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment 5.0

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Already read Sunset Song, probably going to give it a quick reread then tackle the rest.Excellent. Just excellent. Review to follow.EDIT: now I can't remember any of the great stuff I had to say about this book, goddamnit. Essentially, I think this is the best female character I have ever seen writt...

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