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Eric Linklater (1899–1974)

Autor von Wind im Mond: Eine Geschichte für Kinder

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Poet's Pub (1929) 135 Exemplare
The Voyage of the Challenger (1972) 111 Exemplare
Juan in America (1931) 105 Exemplare
Private Angelo (1946) 97 Exemplare
Tiefseepiraten (1949) 64 Exemplare
The Prince in the Heather (1965) 52 Exemplare
The conquest of England (1966) 49 Exemplare
Magnus Merriman (1945) 45 Exemplare
Juan in China (1937) 43 Exemplare
The Dark of Summer (1956) 39 Exemplare
Royal House of Scotland (1970) 33 Exemplare
The Faithful Ally (1954) 28 Exemplare
The Merry Muse (1959) 27 Exemplare
Ripeness Is All (1935) 22 Exemplare
Orkney and Shetland (1965) 22 Exemplare
A spell for old bones (1949) 21 Exemplare
The Impregnable Women (1938) 20 Exemplare
The Men of Ness (1932) 19 Exemplare
White-Maa's Saga (1932) 16 Exemplare
The House of Gair (1953) 15 Exemplare
Mr Byculla (1950) 14 Exemplare
The Northern Garrisons (1941) 14 Exemplare
Husband of Delilah a novel (1962) 14 Exemplare
A Sociable Plover (1957) 13 Exemplare
Judas (1946) 12 Exemplare
The Highland Division (1942) 12 Exemplare
Laxdale Hall (1951) 12 Exemplare
The Art of Adventure (1947) 11 Exemplare
Position At Noon (1958) 11 Exemplare
Mary, Queen of Scots (1933) 11 Exemplare
The Cornerstones (1941) 11 Exemplare
Schottland (1968) 10 Exemplare
The Defence of Calais (1941) 10 Exemplare
The Ultimate Viking (1955) 9 Exemplare
Edinburgh (1960) 9 Exemplare
The sailor's holiday (1937) 8 Exemplare
Det blæser på Månen 2 (1991) 6 Exemplare
Fanfare for a Tin Hat (1970) 5 Exemplare
A Man Over Forty (1963) 5 Exemplare
A Terrible Freedom (1966) 4 Exemplare
The stories of Eric Linklater (1969) 4 Exemplare
Roll of honour (1961) 3 Exemplare
The Crusader's Key (1933) 3 Exemplare
María Estuardo 2 Exemplare
Karina with love (1958) 1 Exemplar
Barn och blomma 1 Exemplar
Gift med Delila 1 Exemplar
Kind Kitty 1 Exemplar

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Wiedersehen mit Brideshead (1945) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben12,537 Exemplare
The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories (1995) — Mitwirkender — 102 Exemplare
The Fantastic Imagination II (1978) — Mitwirkender — 96 Exemplare
The Phoenix Tree: An Anthology of Myth Fantasy (1980) — Mitwirkender — 72 Exemplare
The New Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories (1983) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
The Penguin Book of Scottish Short Stories (1986) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
Over the Rainbow Tales of Fantasy and Imagination (1983) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
Modern English Short Stories (1911) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
The Life of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1960) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben58 Exemplare
The Fairies Return; or, New Tales for Old (1934) — Mitwirkender — 49 Exemplare
Scottish Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1971) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
Visions and Imaginations: Classic Fantasy Fiction (2005) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
A child under sail (1938) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben8 Exemplare
Fatal Fascination: A Choice of Crime (1964) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
Frans G. Bengtsson : en minnesbok — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
Chosen for Children (1957) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Tredive mesterfortællinger — Autor, einige Ausgaben3 Exemplare
The Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales of Horror (1964) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
JOHN MOORE'S ENGLAND. (1970) — Herausgeber — 2 Exemplare

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Linklater is described in wiki as a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian and travel writer. His most famous book is probably The Wind on the Moon which is a children's fantasy novel. Laxdale Hall was published in 1951 and it was made into a film of the same name; I have not seen it, but imagine it as a British made 'b' movie following on the coat tails of Whiskey Galore, however looking at the cast list: Ronald Squire, Kathleen Ryan, Raymond Huntley, Sebastian Shaw and Fulton Mackay I am thinking it might have had pretensions of better things.

The novel is very much of its time. An isolated Scottish village on the west coast is preparing to put on an amateur production of a play by Euripides. The villagers have been canvassing their MP in London for money to build a new road and an improved docking facility and are thrilled to learn of the arrival of a delegation from London. They have been refusing to pay their road tax because they claim they have not got a road on which they can safely drive their cars. The General who owns Laxdale Hall is leading the protest group and his large house is the only suitable accommodation for the delegation. A criminal group from Glasgow have targeted the salmon river running by Laxdale hall for a poaching expedition. The villagers must persuade the London delegation they are worthy of monetary support, fight off the criminal gang and make a success of a controversial play.

Linklater's book never quite hits the right note, not quite funny enough, not serious enough about the problems facing a remote highland village and underestimates the problems of putting on such a play. The General tries to be all things to all men while various other characters become caricatures of half crazy people living in a remote village that still have the wit to outfox a criminal gang and dupe a bunch of stuffed shirts from London. Linklater writes some excellent prose describing the countryside and the beating of the criminal gang is carried out like a military exercise, however there are still fifty pages to go, when most of the issues have been resolved and there is only the play left to bring the story to a climax that unfortunately has already been largely resolved. The book is entertaining enough and the colourful characters have their moments, but it all seems so old fashioned; and not in a good way, to be reading this now. 3 stars.
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baswood | 1 weitere Rezension | Jan 2, 2024 |
enerally, I am very interested in literature from the 1930s, and I had already read a novel by Eric Linklater but I couldn't really get into it. I am not sure why. Perhaps because the novel is so much about the literary scene at that time, and I cannot get the jokes and quips that are supposed to spice up the story. The story just stands too far from us.
 
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edwinbcn | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 12, 2023 |
Highland village refuse proposed move to new industrial town, gains sympathy of one MP
 
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ritaer | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 24, 2021 |
backward family history as each narrator tells his life then excuses by the faults of his father
 
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