Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive
but distant world of books and learning, the spirited Chris Guthrie
decides to remain in her rural community. But as the devastation of the
First World War leaves her life-and community-in tatters, she must draw
strength from what she loves and endure, like the land she loves so
intensely.
Brutal and beautiful, passionate and powerful, Sunset Song is a moving
portrait of a declining way of life and an inspirational celebration of
the human spirit. And in Chris Guthrie, Grassic Gibbon has given us one
of literature's most unforgettable heroines.