Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846975050
ISBN-13
9781846975059
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 27th, 2019
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
244 grams
Dimensions
13.20 x 19.70 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Fiction & related itemsModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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In the end Operation Black Star fails, but not before it has ruined the island; but the book ends on a note of hope as the islanders return to celebrate the ritual rebirth of Hellya.
Greenvoe, the tight-knit community on the Orcadian island of Hellya, has existed unchanged for generations, but Operation Black Star requires the island for unspecified purposes and threatens the islanders’ way of life. A whole host of characters - The Skarf, failed fishermen and Marxist historian; Ivan Westray, boatman and dallier; pious creeler Samuel Whaness; drunken fishermen Bert Kerston; earth-mother Alice Voar, and meths-drinker Timmy Folster - are vividly brought to life in this sparkling mixture of prose and poetry.In the end Operation Black Star fails, but not before it has ruined the island; but the book ends on a note of hope as the islanders return to celebrate the ritual rebirth of Hellya.
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