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A Song that won't remain the same

When Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel, Sunset Song, was voted Scotland's favourite book in 2006, it was vindication for a popular classic that has continued to tap into the poetic souls of its readers ever since it first appeared in 1932. This first part of Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair trilogy is now required reading for anyone with a serious interest in Scottish literature.

When Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel, Sunset Song, was voted Scotland's favourite book in 2006, it was vindication for a popular classic that has continued to tap into the poetic souls of its readers ever since it first appeared in 1932.