Highland River

Name: Highland River
Author: Neil M. Gunn
ISBN: 9781782118848

Neil M. Gunn

award won

score

Highland River

Neil M. Gunn

award won

score

Highland River won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The 'northern river' of the title is the physical and spiritual focus of the novel and the source to which Kenn, the central character returns. Looking back over his life from the disillusioned thirties, the river becomes symbolic of both what has been lost and what has endured. From an idyllic childhood spent in the Highlands through the terrible slaughter of the First World War, Kenn's reminiscences eventually lead him back to the river that has haunted his imagination for so many years. Its effect on him is profound and the culmination of this poetic masterpiece.

Buy this book at AmazonAd