Song of the Forest

By Colin Mackay

Book Overview

Lyrical, intense, and foreboding, this is a remarkable first novel. Set in the Dark Ages, it tells of a year in the life of a remote village, the labors of its inhabitants, their struggles and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345346475
• ISBN13: 9780345346476
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Song of a Story

This lyrical story nestles in the heart of a vast darkness of human uncertainty, like the ancient Scottish settlement that it depicts. MacKay's writing style brings across the feeling of living in a tiny flame of civilization in the mythic early world of traditional society...where magic is not only real, but serves a practical purpose.