SUNSET SONG (CANONGATE) (HB)

A gorgeous new edition of the classic, celebrated novel voted the best Scottish book of all time, featuring a passionate new introduction by First Minster Nicola Sturgeon. In lyrical prose, it captures rural life in the early twentieth century and offers a powerful portrait of a land and people in turmoil. Faced with a choice between a harsh farming life and the world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie chooses to remain in her community, bound by her intense love of the land. But everything changes with the arrival of the First World War and Chris finds her land altered beyond recognition.