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Beside the Ocean of Time

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Beside the Ocean of Time
First edition
AuthorGeorge Mackay Brown
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherJohn Murray
Publication date
1994
Publication placeScotland
Pages217
ISBN1-896209-12-2
OCLC31767769

Beside the Ocean of Time (1994) is a novel by Scottish writer George Mackay Brown. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.[1] The plot follows Thorfinn Ragnarson from Norday in the Orkney Islands of the 1930s.[2] The son of a tenant farmer, he regularly daydreams about historical fantasies. After foreseeing his own future, he begins to see a correlation between history, daydreaming and fate.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BBC Writing Scotland.
  2. ^ Amazon reviews. Worldcat. OCLC 31767769.
  3. ^ Beside the Ocean of Time, Google Books. Retrieved on 2007-12-23