In an extraordinary exercise of historical reconstruction, David Thomson travels through the Hebrides and the west coast of Ireland, telling stories, centuries old, of the 'selchie' or grey Atlantic seal. His fascinating legends - narrative, lyrical and dramatic - explore love, loss, return and rescue, documenting a culture on the verge of dissolution.
| ISBN | 0857861859 | | Writer of introduction | Seamus Heaney | | ISBN13 | 9780857861856
(What's this?) | | DEWEY | 398.369979 | | Publisher | Canongate Books Ltd | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Imprint | Canongate Canons | | Published in | Edinburgh | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | The Canons | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2011 | | Academic level | General |
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'The People of the Sea survives not as a period piece but as a poetic achievement ... readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure ... these stories have an irresistible holistic beauty.' - Seamus Heaney
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