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San Dùthaich Uir Bilingual Edition
Author(s): Alison Lang (Author)
- Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2011
- Edition: Bilingual
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1905207751
- ISBN-13: 9781905207756
Book Description
San Dùthaich Ùir is a story of second generation exile. Anna looks up to both her mother and her Aunt Marguerite although they live very different lives. Her mother’s is one of work and duty but Marguerite’s ways are quite different and Anna’s father does not approve. Anna eventually enters university to begin a new life of her own. When both Marguerite and Anna’s father die the people from the old country assist at the funeral and the book closes with Anna’s regret, perhaps anger, at the breach that has been made with her traditions. Alison Lang’s new book, San Dùthaich Ùir, is primarily aimed at advanced learners of Gaelic. The story is told entirely in Gaelic. Chapter outlines are given in English and a glossary of more challenging words and phrases are given at the end of each chapter.
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About the Author
“The amazingly talented Alison Lang” (so described by Mike Russell MSP, Minister for Culture and Gaelic) is Director of the Gaelic Books Council and a writer of short fiction, journalism and poetry. Twice shortlisted as Gaelic Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards, she has been a TV critic for The Scotsman and a regular columnist in the bilingual quarterly, Cothrom.
Her first collection of short stories, Cainnt na Caileige Caillte, was shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s First Book of the Year Award in 2009. Her writing has also been published in The Scotsman, Gath, the Sandstone Review and the second volume of An Claigeann aig Damien Hirst.
