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Title: Sunset Song (Canongate Classic) by Lewis Grassic Gibbon ISBN: 0-86241-179-3 Publisher: Pub Group West Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (9 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Singing a song of Scotland
Comment: This book is the greatest of its time and endures as a seminal piece of literature. A song should be sung and this song should be read aloud, not intoned inside the dim recesses of the mind. Chris faces no issue which is not relevant today, from incest and spousal abuse, to the horrors and tragedies of war, to the chave and ecstasies of life. It is appealing to all ages, but must be approached with a mind open to diversity and multicultural exchange if the magic is to work. My children have all loved this book, even the non-readers amongst them. While the pages breathe with the life of North-East of Scotland, the characters are found the world over.
Feast upon the words and you will be filled.

Rating: 5
Summary: A Credit to Scotland...
Comment: Sunset Song, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon is one of the most moving novels I have ever read in my life. Each character within Sunset Song has an important part to play in the day-to-day life of the central character 'Chris Guthrie' who endures many experiences, both good and bad as she goes through her adolescent life on to adulthood.

The rural community of Kinraddie where Sunset Song is set, introduces a diverse number of characters - from Chae Strachan, the romantic Socialist to Long Rob of the Mill, each character plays a vital role in Chris' development, and as you progress through the novel you will see the role of the community playing a larger part in Chris' life than ever before.

Sunset Song is a brilliant read, and with each paragraph Grassic Gibbon writes, there is a new twist to the story which makes it a credit to Scotland, and is a piece of sheer excellence. If ever a book should be praised - then Sunset Song should be it - a life-changing novel that will amaze you.

Rating: 1
Summary: Tedious
Comment: I really must challenge these 5-Star reviews here. I found this book to be overlong and dull. The characters definitely are NOT rich and deep. I think they are someone thin and vague. There is hardly any dialogue at and what dialogue there is is usually very difficult to understand and when it's not it's boring. This is a story that could easily have been told in 100 pages. And to this is only part 1 of a trilogy...

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