O Caledonia (2014)
O Caledonia
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She is the widow of the poet George Barker. She lives in Norfolk, close to her five children, and is a respected critic, writing regularly for The Literary Review. She published her first novel – O Caledonia – at the age of 51. O Caledonia went on to win four awards; it was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, and has achieved a long afterlife as a modern, unjustly neglected, classic of Scottish literature. As Lesley McDowell wrote in the Financial Times, ‘Barker should be marked out as one of S...cotland’s principal writers, but fashion and the politics of literary movements have skimmed over her. [She deserves] a new, properly appreciative audience.’ ‘Elspeth Barker’s is a wholly original literary voice. … In O Caledonia the reader finds unalloyed joy, and occasional winces, on every page.’ (The Independent) ‘Barker’s love of the classics, her focus on mothers and daughters, and her remarkable evocation of landscape, should mark her out as one of Scotland’s principal writers.’ (The Financial Times) ‘A poetic and passionate description of adolescence.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
She is the widow of the poet George Barker. She lives in Norfolk, close to her five children, and is a respected critic, writing regularly for The Literary Review. She published her first novel – O Caledonia – at the age of 51. O Caledonia went on to win four awards; it was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, and has achieved a long afterlife as a modern, unjustly neglected, classic of Scottish literature. As Lesley McDowell wrote in the Financial Times, ‘Barker should be marked out as one of S...cotland’s principal writers, but fashion and the politics of literary movements have skimmed over her. [She deserves] a new, properly appreciative audience.’ ‘Elspeth Barker’s is a wholly original literary voice. … In O Caledonia the reader finds unalloyed joy, and occasional winces, on every page.’ (The Independent) ‘Barker’s love of the classics, her focus on mothers and daughters, and her remarkable evocation of landscape, should mark her out as one of Scotland’s principal writers.’ (The Financial Times) ‘A poetic and passionate description of adolescence.
What to read after O Caledonia?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elspeth Barker to read onlineMoreLess
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