{"product_id":"9781904598824","title":"A Scots Quair: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, Grey Granite","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Scots Quair is revolutionary—innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterization and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In \u003ci\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Gibbon's finest achievement, the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming community: the seasons, the weddings, the funerals, the grind of work, the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll, machines replace the old way of life. \u003ci\u003eCloud Howe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrey Granite\u003c\/i\u003e take Chris from her rural homeland to life in an industrial Scotland and the desperate years of the Depression. The trilogy as a whole is a major achievement, a picture of a society undergoing traumatic and far-reaching transformation. Always readable, never sentimental, \u003ci\u003eA Scots Quair\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important works of modern Scottish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birlinn, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052968886512,"sku":"9781904598824","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904598824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}