Contributions

  • Robertson, Douglas - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Luath Press Ltd, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

82,250 words, Guess

Page Count

329 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC823.92
  • LCCPR6063.U7367

Description

In 1930, the last inhabitants of the isle of St Kilda were evacuated to the mainland. Shortly afterwards, following several acts of vandalism by local fishermen, Calum MacKinnon was sent back to the island to guard against further damage. Alone on the deserted island, he begins to re-imagine the conversations and stories from his years in the island port of Village Bay. He also recalls some of the experiences of its people in exile on the mainland, showing their difficulties in adjusting to a new way of life, and a diet no longer based mainly on seabirds. The vivid prose is.

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