Deer on the High Hills: Selected Poems
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Growing up on the Isle of Lewis, Iain Crichton Smith spoke only Gaelic until he was five. But at school in Bayble and then Stornoway, everything had to be in English. Like many islanders before and since, his culture is divided: two languages, two histories entailing exile, a central theme of his poetry. His divided perspective sharply delineates the tyranny of history and religion, of the cramped life of small communities; it gives him a tender eye...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1800170947
ISBN13:9781800170940
Release Date:July 2021
Publisher:Carcanet Classics
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"
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