Description
| Product ID: | 9781846970269 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle |
| Authors: | Author: Hugh MacDiarmid, Kenneth Buthlay |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. This book contains commentary and notes, and takes the reader through the author's complex and opaque use of language. Kenneth Buthlay''s edition of A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is widely considered to be the best edition of all and provides extensive commentary and notes, taking the reader through MacDiarmid''s complex and often opaque use of language. The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland''s divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. |
| Imprint Name: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-05-22 |
