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Gowk Storm
EN NW EBISBN: 9780862412227 bzw. 0862412226, in Englisch, Canongate Books, neu, E-Book.
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Fiction, The Gowk Storm, Introduced by Edwin Morgan.A gowk storm' is an untimely fall of snow in early Spring a fitting symbol for the anguished story that unfolds. Nearly a hundred years ago, three girls were born to a minister and his wife in a remote Highland manse; the rigid patriarchal structure of the times is set against their approaching womanhood and growing awareness of life beyond the safety of home.After the disposal by marriage of the eldest, the sisters' lives reach a new level of intensity. Emmy, the middle sister, finds to her horror that she is falling in love with her best friend's fiance. The unfortunate couple become estranged and a tragic outcome seems inevitable in the brooding symbolism of this disturbing story.The Gowk Storm, published in 1933, was one of many award-winning books written by Nancy Brysson Morrison. It was a Book Society Choice, went into eight impressions and was successfully dramatised.Haunting, lyrical, passionate and a real page-turner, The Gowk Storm is definitely one of my favourite Scottish novels.' Anne Donovan, eBook.
Fiction, The Gowk Storm, Introduced by Edwin Morgan.A gowk storm' is an untimely fall of snow in early Spring a fitting symbol for the anguished story that unfolds. Nearly a hundred years ago, three girls were born to a minister and his wife in a remote Highland manse; the rigid patriarchal structure of the times is set against their approaching womanhood and growing awareness of life beyond the safety of home.After the disposal by marriage of the eldest, the sisters' lives reach a new level of intensity. Emmy, the middle sister, finds to her horror that she is falling in love with her best friend's fiance. The unfortunate couple become estranged and a tragic outcome seems inevitable in the brooding symbolism of this disturbing story.The Gowk Storm, published in 1933, was one of many award-winning books written by Nancy Brysson Morrison. It was a Book Society Choice, went into eight impressions and was successfully dramatised.Haunting, lyrical, passionate and a real page-turner, The Gowk Storm is definitely one of my favourite Scottish novels.' Anne Donovan, eBook.
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The Gowk Storm (Canongate Classics)
EN USISBN: 0862412226 bzw. 9780862412227, in Englisch, Birlinn Ltd, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd.
children's,children's books,classics,contemporary women,domestic life,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction, The Gowk Storm (Canongate Classic), A 'gowk storm' is an untimely fall of snow in early Spring - a fitting symbol for the anguished story that unfolds in this novel. Like Chekov's famous play, and even more like the real-life Bront�s whose story she told in another book, Morrison tells the story of three girls who were born to a minister and his wife in a remote Highland manse, nearly a hundred years ago. It is narrated by the youngest sister, Lisbet, who describes the love affairs of her older sisters, Julia and Emmy, each of whom falls in love with a man deemed an unacceptable match by their patriarchal, rigid and prejudiced society. These societal strictures are set against approaching womanhood, the growing awareness of a life beyond the safety of home, and the wild beauty of the surrounding countryside.
children's,children's books,classics,contemporary women,domestic life,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction, The Gowk Storm (Canongate Classic), A 'gowk storm' is an untimely fall of snow in early Spring - a fitting symbol for the anguished story that unfolds in this novel. Like Chekov's famous play, and even more like the real-life Bront�s whose story she told in another book, Morrison tells the story of three girls who were born to a minister and his wife in a remote Highland manse, nearly a hundred years ago. It is narrated by the youngest sister, Lisbet, who describes the love affairs of her older sisters, Julia and Emmy, each of whom falls in love with a man deemed an unacceptable match by their patriarchal, rigid and prejudiced society. These societal strictures are set against approaching womanhood, the growing awareness of a life beyond the safety of home, and the wild beauty of the surrounding countryside.
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