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Nancy Brysson Morrison — The Gowk Storm
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Автор: Nancy Brysson Morrison
Издатель: Ingram
ISBN: 9781847675446
Описание: Introduced by Edwin Morgan. <br/> A ‘gowk storm’ is an untimely fall of snow in early Spring – a fitting symbol for the anguished story that unfolds. Nearly a hundred years ago, three girls were born to a minister and his wife in a remote Highland manse; the rigid patriarchal structure of the times is set against their approaching womanhood and growing awareness of life beyond the safety of home. <br/> After the disposal by marriage of the eldest, the sisters’ lives reach a new level of intensity. Emmy, the middle sister, finds to her horror that she is falling in love with her best friend’s fianc?e. The unfortunate couple become estranged and a tragic outcome seems inevitable in the brooding symbolism of this disturbing story. <br/> The Gowk Storm, published in 1933, was one of many award-winning books written by Nancy Brysson Morrison. It was a Book Society Choice, went into eight impressions and was successfully dramatised. <br/> ‘Haunting, lyrical, passionate and a real page-turner, The Gowk Storm is definitely one of my favourite Scottish novels.’ Anne Donovan