{"product_id":"9781846970207","title":"The Speak of the Mearns: With Selected Short Stories and Essays","description":"This essential collection from Lewis Grassic Gibbon comprises short stories, essays and a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Speak of the Mearns\u003c\/i\u003e, which was unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1935. Grassic Gibbon's fame rests mainly on the trilogy, \u003ci\u003eA Scots Quair\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short stories, some well known, exhibit the same elements—powerful, dramatic writing and a distinctive local flavor—found in the novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Speak of the Mearns\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply observed unsentimental portrait of a rural coastal community seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up there. The essays put on record the author's views on politics and religion.","brand":"Birlinn, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057202610416,"sku":"9781846970207","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846970207_p0.jpg?v=1763750588","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846970207","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}