No Great Mischief 布雷顿角的叹息 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alistair MacLeod 著
• 出版社 Random House UK
• 出版时间 2011-08
• ISBN 9780099283928
• 定价 86.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1779,drivenoutofhishome,CalumMcDonaldsetsailfromtheScottishHighlandswithhisextensivefamily.Afteralong,terriblejourney-leavingScotlandahusbandandafatherhearrivesinCanadaawidowerandagrandfather-Calumsettleshisfamilyin'thelandoftrees'untiltheybecomeaseparateNovaScotianclan:red-hairedandblack-eyed,withitsownidentity,itsownhistory.Itisthe1980sbythetimeournarrator,AlexanderMcDonald,tellsthestoryofhisfamily:athrillingandpassionatestorythatintersectswithhistory:withCulloden,wheretheclansdied,andwiththe1759battleatQuebecthatwaswonwhenGeneralWolfesentinthefierceHighlandersbecauseitwas'nogreatmischiefiftheyfall'.Lookingbackfromadiminished,blightedmodernworld,Alexanderremembersthegreatstoriesofhispeopleandtheirbattlewiththelandandtheendlesscanadianwinter:loggers,miners,drinkers,adventurers,menforeverinexile,forevertiedtotheirclanandalivedhistory.