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Stone Voices :The Search For Scotland
Stone Voices :The Search For Scotland
paperback
Published:
25 April, 2003
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Description
Prizes
Short-listed for Orwell Prize.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781862075832 |
| ISBN10 | 1862075832 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 237 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Granta Books |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Highly personal and unusual assessment of Scotland now, weaving in his own political odyssey with a deep historical knowledge.We don't have intellectuals in this country any more except Neal and a couple of his mates, and the richness of texture in Stone Voices shows us what we are missing -- Andrew Marr
A richly textured and most unusual meditation on Scotland...his ability to leapfrom archaeology to the politics of the labour party, and then back via a little linguistics to recalling a pub conversation is both disconcerting and inspiring * Observer *
Provides a scholarly and poetic explanation of the emotional roots of Scottish nationalism, invaluable for any Englishman who is baffled by its anger and contradictions * New Statesman *
Absorbing and beautifully written... full of surprising revelations (it has by far the best account of the Picts I have ever read) and with a range of reference which is breathtaking in its scope. Throughout it all, Ascherson's devotion to Scotland and its people, for all their faults, shines through * Spectator *
Ascherson is both a brilliant writer and brings a searching intelligence to his subject (his analysis cannot easily be dismissed) * Scotland on Sunday *
Ascherson's book is like a beautifully written embrace: an arm round the shoulder in an Argyll pub, (yet) with a journalistic persistence and fluency * Independent *
An intelligent and robust addition to the debate north of the border... saved from chaos or earnestness by Asherson's clear prose, intellectual bravura and love of his native Scotland...provides a key to many of the riddles of national identity...a timely antidote to facile flag-wavers everywhere * Observer *
Ascherson is one of the most stylish and erudite journalists around... Stone Voices is a lucky bag of a book, into which Ascherson has stuffed everything he knows about Scotland.The luckiest part is that he knows a great deal * Sunday Telegraph *
Erudite and thorough -- Lesley McDowell * Sunday Herald *
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Author's Bio
Neal Ascherson was born in Edinburgh in 1932. Sustaining a long career in journalism, he has written for The Observer (1960-1990) and the Independent on Sunday (1990-1998). He contributed scripts for the 1974 documentary series World at War and the 1998 series The Cold War. More recently, he has been a regular contributor to the London Review of Books. His own books include The Polish August (1981), Black Sea (1995) and Stone Voices (2002).