Abstract
A novel set in 1000AD in a fictionalised version of Assynt, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland, and on Orkney. It imagines how the last brown bear was killed in Scotland, and places the extinction event within a time of cultural upheaval when the indigenous pre-Christian tradition was squeezed out between Christianity from the south and the Norse. Its main characters reflect these three cultures - Brigid, a native shamanic medicine woman; Bjorn, a Norse settler; and Margaret his Christian Scot wife. The novel won the Robin Jenkins Literary Award in 2009.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Ullapool |
| Publisher | Two Ravens Press |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | B07VQMS12L |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781906120160 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- bears
- Historical Fiction
- novel
- Viking
- Scotland
- religion
- extinction
- shamanism