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Stirring tales of sea life, hard choices, and steadfast love set along a remote Shetland coast. The Reaper draws readers into a world where fishermen, crofters, and their families face wind, waves, and the pull of fate. Across evocative scenes, the book follows lives shaped by the sea’s gifts and dangers, from quiet mornings on the shore to storms that test endurance and hope.
Through richly drawn characters and a lyric, impressionistic style, this edition explores the rhythms of island life—work, community, and the old stories that haunt the moors and the water. The tales blend daily toil with moments of tenderness, longing, and resilience, offering a window into a world where the sea is both nurse and threat.
- Vivid maritime setting that places you on the docks, in the croft, and beside the loom of the coast
- Interwoven stories of love, loss, and quiet triumph among close-knit island families
- Encounters with folklore and the unseen as a backdrop to human courage
- A contemplative pace that invites reflection on fate, faith, and perseverance
Ideal for readers who enjoy atmospheric historical fiction with strong character focus and a coastal, folkloric mood.
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And so in a life of toil and peril and love, scarcely different from that of their fathers in the days of the N orse jarl who first burned peat, live the kindly folk of Setter on Snarravoe, of whom I could tell you much, if you would listen. There is a tale of Eric the Elder and Eric the Younger, and how the sea was worsted by them, but in the end had its revenge and of Osla, the bright eyed, silent woman who defied widowhood, in faith unshakable that the dead would return. There is something to say of Magnie the Skipper, who has watched on deck many a night, while the merry dancers were shooting across the sky and the whales drove the herrings into his nets as they spun in the tides meggy-betty could tell you how.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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There is a little world of islands within the fastness of the Northern Sea where the years turn so softly from to-morrow into yesterday, that they are scarce marked but by the upspringing of fresh crops of wee things, that presently come to be dandling bairns of their own. The old men forget the count of their days; and the old women cling to the fringes of immortality.
From the digging-up of clods in chilly April to the gathering in of the frost-bitten harvest, time is measured by the herring seasons; and from the kindling of Yule-fires to the last of the weddings, by the catches of haddock. For the great fact of life is the sea. Baby eyes open upon its splendors and reflect its clear cerulean blues; bairnies and gulls and whaups share the treasures of the beach after a storm; lassies and laddies trudge up the high moorlands to the school on the hilltop, and the sea all round is the rim of their world.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book, set in the Shetland Islands, is a generational saga following the life of Terval Saemundson from his youth through to his middle age. The story begins during the reconstruction after a devastating storm that has claimed the lives of many fishermen, including his father's shipmates, leaving him with a physical and psychological legacy. The author paints a vivid picture of a small community where the sea, and the harsh realities of life on the islands, plays a significant role in shaping the lives and destiny of the inhabitants. The novel explores the timeless themes of love, loss, resilience, and endurance, as Terval grapples with personal tragedy, societal change, and the conflict between tradition and the allure of the unknown. This powerful and evocative book offers a rich insight into the culture and history of the Shetland Islands, and the human story at the heart of its resilient communities. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781331406471_0
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