Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) was one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. Born in Aberdeenshire in 1901, he died at the age of thirty-four. He was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays and science fiction, and his writing reflected his wide interest in religion, archaeology, history, politics and science. The Mearns trilogy,
A Scots Quair, is his most renowned work, and has become a landmark in Scottish literature.
In "Cloud Howe," Lewis Grassic Gibbon intricately weaves a tale set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Scotland, exploring the tension between tradition and modernity. The novel unfolds through lyrical prose, characterized by Gibbon's vivid imagery and his deft use of dialect,...
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