Beside the Ocean of Time
 First edition | |
| Author | George Mackay Brown |
|---|---|
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | John Murray |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Pages | 217 |
| ISBN | 1-896209-12-2 |
| OCLC | 31767769 |
Beside the Ocean of Time (1994) is a novel by Scottish writer George Mackay Brown. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.[1] The plot follows Thorfinn Ragnarson from Norday in the Orkney Islands of the 1930s.[2] The son of a tenant farmer, he regularly daydreams about historical fantasies. After foreseeing his own future, he begins to see a correlation between history, daydreaming and fate.[3]
References[]
- ^ BBC Writing Scotland.
- ^ Amazon reviews. Worldcat. OCLC 31767769.
- ^ Beside the Ocean of Time, Google Books. Retrieved on 2007-12-23
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