Faced with a choice between a harsh farming life and the world of books
and learning, Chris Guthrie chooses to remain in her rural 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.
In lyrical prose, Sunset Song evokes village life in the early
twentieth century and offers a powerful portrait of a land and people in
turmoil.
This stunning new edition of one of the most cherished Scottish novels
of the twentieth century includes a specially commissioned introduction
by Nicola Sturgeon, in which she writes with heartfelt passion of her
love for what she regards as 'one of the finest literary accomplishments
Scotland has ever known . . . In no small way, I owe my love of
literature to Sunset Song'.