Spell For Old Bones (e-bog) af Eric Linklater, Linklater

Spell For Old Bones e-bog

48,96 DKK (inkl. moms 61,20 DKK)
&quote;When the giants fell, old bones revived&quote; - there is the rubric for Eric Linklater's new story, first published in 1949. There may be no historical foundation for his tale of a fantastic war, in the First century A.D., between the giant Furbister and the abominable Od McGammon, his neighbour in the south-west of Scotland; but their quarrel - which provides a background to the engagi...
E-bog 48,96 DKK
Forfattere Eric Linklater, Linklater (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 december 2011
Længde 243 sider
Genrer Historical fiction
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781448207275
"e;When the giants fell, old bones revived"e; - there is the rubric for Eric Linklater's new story, first published in 1949. There may be no historical foundation for his tale of a fantastic war, in the First century A.D., between the giant Furbister and the abominable Od McGammon, his neighbour in the south-west of Scotland; but their quarrel - which provides a background to the engaging love-story of the willful poet Albyn and the delightful Princess Liss - has a real enough interest and no small significance in our equally strange world of today. Would love cure all our troubles? Love indeed has a power that is almost infinite. But man (especially if he is a willful poet) has the habit of dissatisfaction, an eye that looks critically at love itself. And here, in this tale of some very modern primitives, love makes the running but fails to win the race. A new departure for Linklater? Well, he often makes new departures, and here, though he is serious at bottom, his seriousness is nicely garnished with wit, and sometimes at the mercy of humour. The fascination of the story carries its outlandishness as lightly as a feather.