Lewis Grassic Gibbon

(born 1901 - died 1935) - Aberdeenshire

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was born James Leslie Mitchell in 1901 in Aberdeenshire and grew up in Arbuthnott in the Mearns. His masterpiece trilogy, A Scots Quair, is familiar to most people in Scotland while Sunset Song was voted the Top Scottish book in a recent poll.

Mitchell began his working life as a journalist in Aberdeen and Glasgow. He did not prove to be a success in that profession and joined the Forces, combining his working life with writing. He was a prolific writer with over seventeen books published between 1928-34: short stories, non-fiction, fiction and science fiction.

He died tragically young in 1935 in Welwyn Garden City.

His works are now gradually being republished in their entirety and with copyright lapsing on The Scots Quair, there should be a flurry of new editions in the next year or so.

£9.99
A Scots Quair - Paperback
'A Scots Quair' represents Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic trilogy of novels. Each novel relates a chapter in the life of Chris Guthrie, torn between her love of the land and her desire to escape the narrow confines of a peasant culture.
£7.99
The Speak Of The Mearns: With Selected Short Stories And Essays - Paperback
This essential collection from Lewis Grassic Gibbon comprises short stories, essays and a novel, 'The Speak of the Mearns', which was unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1935.
£5.99
Sunset Song - Paperback
Divided between her love of the land and the harshness of farming life, Chris Guthrie finally chooses to stay in the rural community of her childhood. But the First World War and the subsequent economic changes have a deep impact on her life. 'Sunset Song' was voted the Best Scottish Book of All Time.