A History Maker
Editorial CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Festland Spanien
- Verlag CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
- ISBN13 9781841955766
- ISBN10 1841955760
- Gegenstandsart BUCH
- Buchseiten 223
- Jahr der Ausgabe 1994
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden
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English LiteraturA History Maker
Editorial CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty -third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. This is the fictional memoir of Wat Dryhope, son of Ettrick Forestis twenty-third century chieftain - edited, annotated and
commented upon. History has come to an end, war is regulated as if it's all a game. But Wat, the History Maker himself, does not play entirely by the rules, and when a woman, Delilah Puddock, joins the fray, this 'utopian' history is further enlivened. Alasdair Gray cleverly plays with the notion and writing of history, as well as perennial modern debates on war, sexism and society - entertaining and thought-provoking, this is a delightful satire illustrated throughout by the author.