Ebook {Epub PDF} Highland River by Neil M. Gunn

Neil Gunn's prose in this work is pure perfection. His description of life in the Northern Highlands is passionate, beautiful and refreshingly honest. A complex coming-of-age story that becomes a study of the connections between the working class and the land they live /5(32). Highland River book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5(4). In his novel, Highland River, Gunn's young hero, Kenn, makes a pilgrimage to the source of the Dunbeath Water and, in a way, to the source of himself and his cultural heritage. The river becomes a complex symbol: simultaneously a river of time, of space, of memory, of humanity and of consciousness as the literary critic Douglas Gifford has observed.

Neil M Gunn (), whose reputation as one of Scotland's most important twentieth century authors was established in books such as The Silver Darlings and Morning Tide, was born and grew up in Dunbeath. Highland River, Gunn's young hero, Kenn, makes a pilgrimage to the source of the Dunbeath Water and, in a way, to the source of. Highland | River | Neil M. | Gunn | [space] | Porpoise | Press Decoration in the form of a winding river, blocked in blue, runs down the full length of the spine. Other Editions: Lippincott | Philadelphia | Tauchnitz | Berlin | Faber and Faber | London | (New edition - reset). Gunn. Neil Miller Gunn was born on 8 November , in the Caithness fishing village of Dunbeath, which is situated on the North Eastern coast of Scotland. He spent his early boyhood years in the village, which sets the backdrop of his novels Morning Tide, The Silver Darlings and Highland River. He moved to Dingwall at the age of 13 to study.

Highland River book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. HIGHLAND RIVER (TAUCHNITZ EDITION OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, VOL. ) GUNN NEIL M. Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz, In his novel, Highland River, Gunn's young hero, Kenn, makes a pilgrimage to the source of the Dunbeath Water and, in a way, to the source of himself and his cultural heritage. The river becomes a complex symbol: simultaneously a river of time, of space, of memory, of humanity and of consciousness as the literary critic Douglas Gifford has observed.