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      The Island of the Women

      by George MacKay Brown
      Published
      Aug 2006
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      320
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      "The Island of the Women" is George Mackay Brown's posthumously published collection of short stories, released in 1998, two years after the author's death. Like his previous collections, "A Time to Keep" and "A Calendar of Love", this volume explores Brown's concerns with history, spirituality, legend and storytelling. In the title story, Brown uses the famous Orcadian myth of the selkie, the seal-man. The story "Poet and Prince: A Fable", explores the role of the writer in society, a tale which begins in an unknown European state and concludes on Brown's beloved island.

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      Small Town

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      First Edition Aug 2006 Birlinn Publishers ISBN 1904598900
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      May 1998 John Murray ISBN 0719558697
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      Apr 2014 John Murray ISBN B00IA9RDG2
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