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Andrew Greig

    September 23, 1951

    Andrew Greig is a Scottish author whose works often delve into the depths of the human experience. His writing, influenced by his philosophical studies, explores the intricate connections between individuals and the world around them. Greig's style is noted for its sensitive attention to detail and its ability to capture the nuances of human emotion. His narratives resonate with readers for their sincerity and depth.

    Whirligig
    A Song of Winter
    As Though We Were Flying
    At the Loch of the Green Corrie
    Getting Higher
    Summit fever
    • Summit fever

      • 286 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.5(17)Add rating

      When poet Andrew Greig was asked by Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. The result is this unique book. Summit Fever has been loved by climbers and literary critics alike for its refreshing candour, wit, insight and the haunting beauty of its writing. Much more than a book about climbing, it celebrates the risk, joy and adventure of being alive.

      Summit fever
    • Getting Higher

      • 207 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      A beautifully packaged collection of the the acclaimed poet's work, including Men on Ice, Order of the Day, Western Swing, and his first poem, written in 1972. Also includes illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive.

      Getting Higher
    • At the Loch of the Green Corrie

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.3(48)Add rating

      A fishing trip honoring a dying man's wish becomes a meditation on life, nature and friendship, a literary biography and a celebration of the beauty of the Highlands of Scotland.

      At the Loch of the Green Corrie
    • As Though We Were Flying

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      This is a book of awakenings - to loss and renewal, to present and past and place. To dailiness, mortality and marriage. Playful or serious, colloquial or formal, they speak directly of life lived. Celebratory or elegiac, whether set in Orkney, Spain, coastal Fife or Edinburgh, Andrew Greig's poems are acts of attention, when the mind wakes up and the world snaps into focus. They invite the same pleasure in the reader.

      As Though We Were Flying
    • Edinburgh basks in an unnaturally warm winter until snow starts falling. A student disappears, along with his climate research, the national government close down all communications and Professor Finlay Hamilton realises the link between his own research into dark matter and the freak weather. Suddenly he is in the midst of a catastrophic event.

      A Song of Winter
    • A gamekeeper is found hanging lifeless from a tree near a sleepy Highland town. A police investigation finds he has been cleverly snared. As the body count rises, the hunt is on to find the murderer. But the town doesn't give up its secrets easily and who makes the intricate clockwork mechanisms carved from bone and wood found at each crime?

      Whirligig
    • You Know What You Could Be

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      A dual memoir written in tandem by Mike Heron, a founder member of the iconic sixties folk group The Incredible String Band and one of their greatest fans, bestselling author and winner of the Saltire Prize, Andrew Greig

      You Know What You Could Be
    • Later That Day

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      At once lyrical and direct, these poems take place in Glasgow, Auckland, the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, and above all amid the clear light and bare, fertile islands of Orkney.

      Later That Day
    • Preferred Lies

      • 279 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.1(138)Add rating

      Surely golf is a game for posh people, country clubs and networking businessmen, for unfortunate sweaters, politics and trousers? Andrew Greig grew up on the East coast of Scotland, where playing golf is as natural as breathing. He sees the game as the great leveller, and has played on the Old course at St Andrews as well as on the miners' courses of Yorkshire. He writes about the different cultural manifestations of the game, the history, the geography, the different social meanings, as well as the subjective experience, the reflections between shots. He plays alone, with friends and brothers, with ghosts. The aim is to bring the reader the sense of being there, to experience the physical, emotional and intellectual, that co-existence of inner and outer worlds so characteristic of golf. He is looking for the essence of golf, the pure heart of it, which can be found, Andrew Greig believes, on the free 9 hole course on North Ronaldsay. An indispensable book for golfers and non golfers alike.

      Preferred Lies
    • When They Lay Bare

      • 346 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.9(16)Add rating

      This novel of obsession, passion and death occupies the borderlands between the supernatural novels of Scott, Hogg and Stevenson, and the psychological novels of Rendall and Highsmith. An unknown woman walks out of a border mist with an old satchel over her shoulder. schovat popis

      When They Lay Bare