The stories in Island tell about death, family ties and the pull of traditions transplanted from Scotland to the harsh New World. Sixteen spare, evocative maste

Alexander MacDonald guides us through his family’s mythic past as he recollects the heroic stories of his people: loggers, miners, drinkers, adventurers; men

The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own pecul

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