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The Smoky Smirr o Rain
A Scots Anthology
Edited by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson
Price: £9.99
Online Price: £7.49
Liz Lochhead, Robert Burns, Sir David Lyndsay, Irvine
Welsh, Robert Louis Stevenson, Feodor Dostoevski, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Mary Queen of Scots, The Proclaimers
I met ayont the cairney
A lass wi tousie hair
Singin till a bairnie
That wis nae langer there.
Wunds wi worlds to swing
Dinna sing sae sweet.
The licht that bends owre athing
Is less taen up wit.
Empty Vessel, Hugh MacDiarmid
The Smoky Smirr o Rain is an innovative
collection of some of the finest prose and poetry written in Scots.
Chosen from the literature of medieval times to that of the present
day, the book is arranged by theme rather than chronology, so that
contemporary and historical voices mix and mingle as they pronounce on
language, politics, love, God, Scotland and every aspect of life and
death.
The Smoky Smirr o Rain is packed with familiar
and unexpected delights. It is a major new resource for the student of
Scottish literature and a fascinating introduction for the general
reader.
Itchy Coo recommends this book for S4 to S6/ages 14 to 18.
5 to 14 Curriculum: Scottish Literature, Scottish Language,
Higher/Advanced Higher.
If you like The Smoky Smirr o Rain, you can learn more about Scotland
from A Scots Parliament.
See the website of Michael McVeigh at www.michael-mcveigh.co.uk,
illustrator of the front cover of The Smoky Smirr o Rain.
Price: £9.99
Online Price: £7.49
ISBN: 1 902927 81 8
Extent: 315 pages.
Format: 234 x 156 mm, paperback
Age: 14+
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