George Mackay Brown
Brown was an Orcadian writer whose fiction and poetry celebrated the Catholic, Norse, and fishing heritage of Orkney with mythological depth and lyrical beauty. Greenvoe is his finest novel, a elegy for a traditional community.
Works
- GreenvoeNovel of an Orkney island community transformed when an ancient site is designated for development
- MagnusNovel of the medieval Scottish saint Magnus and his martyrdom on an island
- Time in a Red Coat
- VinlandNovel following Norse explorers and settlers discovering Vinland in North America
- The Golden Bird