{"product_id":"9780862415891","title":"The Grampian Quartet: The Quarry Wood: The Weatherhouse: A Pass in the Grampians: The Living Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quarry Wood\u003c\/i\u003e , although published well before \u003ci\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/i\u003e , inhabits a similar world; the progress of its heroine could almost be the alternative story of a Chris Guthrie who did go to university. Compassionate and humorous, the grace and style of Shepherd's prose is heightened by a superb ear for the vigorous language of the north-east.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Weatherhouse\u003c\/i\u003e , Shepherd's masterpiece, is an even more substantial achievement which belongs to the great line of Scottish fiction dealing with the complex interactions of small communities, and especially the community of women - a touching and hilarious network of mothers, daughters, spinsters and widows. It is also a striking meditation on the nature of truth, the power of human longing and the mystery of being.\u003cbr\u003eThe third and final novel, \u003ci\u003eA Pass in the Grampians\u003c\/i\u003e , describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first omnibus edition of Shepherd's prose works- her sensitivity and powers of observation raise her work far above the status of regional literature and into the front rank of Scottish writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018645815536,"sku":"9780862415891","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780862415891_p0.jpg?v=1763826756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780862415891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}