This new edition of An Apple from a Tree, with additional stories previously published elsewhere, provides the reader with the opportunity to revisit some of Margaret Elphinstone's early writing. Themes and motifs which have come to characterise much of her subsequent work are already evident. Her writing resonates with a deep and underlying concern with the way we understand and relate to our environment while at the same time it is always ready to challenge conventional perceptions of myth and reality. By restructuring paradigms and demonstrating the impermanence of accepted boundaries she offers insights which can be both surprising and disturbing. Her characters are frequently from elsewhere - whether the realms of folklore or far places and different cultures - and display the stranger's ability to make unexpected assumptions or ask uncomfortable questions. "...spicy, ironic, passionate, humorous, painful and witty.." Jennie Renton, Scottish Book Collector
About the AuthorMargaret Elphinstone has published novels, short stories and poetry. Her fiction is mostly historical and is characterised by her portrayal of people on journeys to places on the edge - islands, frontiers - where cultures and ideas meet and evolve.
Book InformationISBN 9781904999553
Author Margaret ElphinstoneFormat Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Kennedy And BoydPublisher Zeticula Ltd
Series Twentieth Century Scottish Womens FictionWeight(grams) 438g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm