Her short stories have appeared in numerous. Her poem, The Burning, was selected as one of the 20 Best Scottish Poems of 2012. MARGARET ELPHINSTONE is the author of nine previous novels, including Light, Hy Brasil, Voyageurs and The Sea Road. A haunting and compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is an ambitious retelling of the Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the view-point of one extraordinary woman, as transcribed. She is a graduate of Durham University and an Emeritus Professor of Strathclyde University, where she was a member of the English Studies Department for eighteen years.Ĭhrys has authored four poetry collections, several pamphlets, and seven books for actors (under the imprint of Methuen Drama). Her work is characterised by journeys to the edge – islands, frontiers – where ideas meet and evolve. A haunting and compelling historical novel, THE SEA ROAD is an ambitious re-telling of the Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the viewpoint of one extraordinary woman. Margaret Elphinstone has made good the omission at last and how well she has. Details Select delivery location Used: Good Details Sold by mountain Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Details Or fastest delivery March 7 - 10.
Her fiction, mostly historical, spans many periods including Mesolithic Scotland, Viking Iceland, and nineteenth century Canada. A haunting and compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is an ambitious. The Sea Road: A Novel: Elphinstone, Margaret: 9781841950518: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy used: 12.08 3.99 delivery March 13 - 17. Margaret is the author of eight novels – among them, The Sea Road, Voyageurs, and The Gathering Night. Elphinstone’s historical novel, The Sea Road (2000), takes as its inspiration the life of the Viking heroine Gudrid, in particular the sea voyages she took around the north Atlantic as far as the coast of North America.
But is culture a turf to be ‘defended’ from outside writers? Margaret Elphinstone Margaret Elphinstone's first two novels offer both. Does an author have to belong to the culture about which they want to write? Many authors fear that if they write about people from a different tradition or ethnic group, then they will be guilty of ‘voice appropriation’ and intruding upon another’s heritage. Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including The Incomer (1987), A Sparrows Flight (1989), Islanders (1994), The Sea Road (2000). Islanders 1994, The Sea Road 2000, Hy Brasil 2002, Voyageurs 2003. Two of Scotland’s finest writers, novelist Margaret Elphinstone and poet Chrys Salt, will discuss the challenge of writing in the voices of other cultures.
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