Consider the Lilies Iain Crichton-Smith

Name: Consider the Lilies By Iain Crichton-Smith
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Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton-Smith

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Summary

50th anniversary edition of a true modern classic.
'Vividly depicted ... sheer beauty' OBSERVER

Consider the Lilies Summary

Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton-Smith

50th anniversary edition of a true modern classic.

'Vividly depicted ... sheer beauty' OBSERVER

'A masterpiece of simplicity' FINANCIAL TIMES

'A simple but noble book ... this deserves to be read' SCOTSMAN

'When she rose in the morning the house at first seemed to be the same. The sun shone through the curtains of her window. On the floor it turned to minute particles like water dancing. Nevertheless, she felt uneasy ...

What had the girl said? Something about the 'burning of houses'. They just couldn't put people out of their houses, and then burn the houses down. No one had ever heard of that before. Not in the country...'

In this modern classic, from one of Scotland's greatest writers, CONSIDER THE LILIES captures the thoughts and memories of an old woman who has lived all her life within the narrow confines of her community during one of the cruellest episodes of Scottish history - the Highland Clearances.

Consider the Lilies Reviews

Iain Crichton Smith was, and is, lovingly acknowledged as one of modern Scotland's foremost writers ... Reading Iain Crichton Smith - like the author's own compulsion to write - is a hungry addiction ... The book posits, with absolute subtlety, the need for a compassionate, rather than a dogmatic, understanding of human needs: a message that is surely as important now as it ever was. -- Kevin MacNeil * The List *
A simple but noble book ... this deserves to be read * The Scotsman *
Crichton Smith has an acute feeling for places and atmosphere. The wind-blown heaths, the grey skies, the black dwellings, the narrow lives, the poverty - are all vividly depicted ... one can linger over the sheer beauty of his phrases * Observer *
Restrained, finely wrought ... Crichton Smith shows us isolation, perplexity, loneliness, a combination of blindness and indifference * New Statesman *
A masterpiece of simplicity * FINANCIAL TIMES *
A profoundly human document, with a message for our own and future times -- Martin Seymour Smith

About Iain Crichton-Smith

Born on the Isle of Lewis in 1928, Iain Crichton Smith was educated there and at the University of Aberdeen. He published many collections of acclaimed verse, short stories and plays (some in Gaelic). A spell of National Service in the fifties he worked as an English teacher until his retirement in 1977. He was the recipient of many literary prizes, Scottish Arts Council Awards and fellowships, as well as the Queen's Jubilee Medal and an OBE. He died in 1998.

Additional information

Sku

GOR009899547

ISBN 13

9781474611824

ISBN 10

1474611826

Title

Consider the Lilies by Iain Crichton-Smith

Author

Iain Crichton-Smith

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

20181115

Number of pages

160

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us