In Another Light
'Whenever I open the first pages of a book, this is the engrossing read I am hoping for! A man's quest to know more about his fathers' past is alternated with that past as his father experiences it. Magically evocative of a distant outpost of the crumbling British Empire with its heat, noise, manners and colour juxtaposed with efforts to grasp the last tendrils of a personal history from our modern, technology driven present based in Orkney.
I was encouraged to read this by the fact those who had read it went on to read more of his works - always the sign of a good author. I'm now going to read That Summer!' ('Myrtle', Scotland)
I can't quite understand why Greig isn't being 'hyped', publicised HUGELY and his books stacked up in big visual displays.
He is a STUNNING writer. I came upon him almost by accident and got immediately hooked, and am trying to work through his works quite slowly, with lots of gaps between the books, as he really deserves a slow read.
His characters are all beautifully drawn, the plot lines are good and absorbing, and his ability to create a real sense of time and place wonderful - but it is the writing itself which enchants me, his use of language, his ability to paint with words, particularly the evocation of landscape. His 'poetic' background is very much in evidence - but not in any sort of showy or deliberately 'clever' way, just that I have such a sense of words being used with layer and precision.
He's a really tender writer, and the human fragility and complexity of his characters is carefully and heartfully explored.
I know I'm going to end up even reading the mountaineering books! ('Lady Fanciful', London)
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I was encouraged to read this by the fact those who had read it went on to read more of his works - always the sign of a good author. I'm now going to read That Summer!' ('Myrtle', Scotland)
I can't quite understand why Greig isn't being 'hyped', publicised HUGELY and his books stacked up in big visual displays.
He is a STUNNING writer. I came upon him almost by accident and got immediately hooked, and am trying to work through his works quite slowly, with lots of gaps between the books, as he really deserves a slow read.
His characters are all beautifully drawn, the plot lines are good and absorbing, and his ability to create a real sense of time and place wonderful - but it is the writing itself which enchants me, his use of language, his ability to paint with words, particularly the evocation of landscape. His 'poetic' background is very much in evidence - but not in any sort of showy or deliberately 'clever' way, just that I have such a sense of words being used with layer and precision.
He's a really tender writer, and the human fragility and complexity of his characters is carefully and heartfully explored.
I know I'm going to end up even reading the mountaineering books! ('Lady Fanciful', London)
www.amazon.co.uk