George Mackay Brown
An edition of George Mackay Brown (2011)
The Wound and the Gift
By Ron Ferguson
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
Saint Andrew Press, Limited
Language
eng
Pages
400
Description:
George Mackay Brown was a notoriously private man. He rarely left his native Orkney, and yet became one of the 20th century's finest poets and prose stylists. Ron Ferguson tracks his friend's literary and spiritual journey, including his controversial move from Presbyterianism to Roman Catholicism. He explores the darker, more tormented, side of Orkney's Bard and uncovers the intense relationship between alcohol, suffering and creativity.
subjects: Scottish Authors, Biography, Poets, biography, Scotland, biography
People: George Mackay Brown
Times: 20th century