The Long River

Name: The Long River
Author: Iain Crichton Smith

by Iain Crichton Smith

River as metaphor for time, change, and inner life

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Iain Crichton Smith

Scottish poet who wrote in both English and Scottish Gaelic. His verse explores the tension between the Calvinist culture of the Hebrides and the secular modern world.

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