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The Big House

The Big House

The Big House

Naomi Mitchison

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Editorial:
Zeticula
Año de edición:
2010
Materia
Fantasía
ISBN:
9781849210430
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The Big House is a children’s book with much to say to adult readers. On one level it is a charming and absorbing fantasy novel with a fairy hill, a Brounie and an enchanted piper all drawn from Celtic myth and legend, set in a West Highland village which is clearly Carradale in Kintyre, Naomi Mitchison’s home for many years. On another level it is an examination of the social relationships in such a village at the time (it was first published in 1950), and this too is rooted in Mitchison’s Carradale life. Su from the Big House and Winkie the fisherman’s son have the same ancestry and their time-travel adventures show that their respective positions have changed back and forth over the years. Why should there be any difference between them now?

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