O Caledonia
by: Elspeth Barker
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Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction
Format - Paperback
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 15 days ago
Ships From - Virginia
Est. Publication Date - Sep 2022
Overview
O Caledonia: A Novel
ISBN: 9781668004616
Publisher Description
In the tradition of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a darkly humorous modern classic of Scottish literature about a doomed adolescent growing up in the mid-19th century--featurin...
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139 book reviews
Jul 20, 2023
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“‘Oh, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?’”
I would consider myself a mood reader but I also really enjoy reading books that fit the season.
O Caledonia is Elspeth Barker’s only novel ever published (1991) .
The story opens with a very dramatic introduction to our MC Janet.
We are told t...
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Mary Priest
6 book reviews
Jul 31, 2023
The tragic perfection of these roughly 200 pages cannot be understated. Though the novella begins with a corpse, the pages are filled with defiant life. Whether it’s the stubborn, distorted plants that line the grounds of Auchnasaugh in spite of the harsh weather, or the jackdaw with a twisted beak ...
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