Bøger af Margaret Elphinstone

'Forget Richard Branson, the audacious female traveller Gudrid of Iceland is the original explorer's explorer ... Elphinstone has written a fine tribute to a woman whose tale is as warm and inviting as a hot spring on a clear winter day.' The Times

In a fractured dystopic future, the child Rue finds solace in the garden of a mysterious community. Rue has lost identity, family, home and people to war. Adulthood requires a courageous journey through a landscape of despair, yet ultimately Rue finds hope of regeneration from unexpected sources.

'Elphinstone is a worthy successor to writers like Linklater and Mackay Brown, developing themes in the new century with a voice which is distinctly her own.' Herald

'Ingenious, gripping, thoughtful' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines this story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties . . .

A compelling family drama of love and loss, set deep in our stone age past

Søvejen er en ambitiøs og overbevisende historisk roman om vikingernes opdagelse af Amerika. Med tusind års forsinkelse har Margaret Elphinstone skrevet en roman om den bemærkelsesværdige kvinde, Gudrid, fra Island, som var en af vikingetidens mest berejste kvinder: fra Island og Grønland til Norge og Nordamerika og til slut til Rom. I et kloster i Rom fortæller Gudrid sin livshistorie til en islandsk munk. Han skriver den ned på bestilling af sin overordnede - og hvad ingen kunne forudse, får Gudrids historie afgørende indflydelse på munkens fremtidige valg i livet.Margaret Elphinstone bor i Glasgow og underviser på Engelsk Institut på Strathclyde Universitet. Udover Søvejen har Margaret Elphinstone skrevet romanerne The Incomer, A Sparrow’s Flight og Insiders. Søvejen er Margaret Elphinstones første roman på dansk. Derudover skriver Margaret Elphinstone noveller og poesi, og har endvidere skrevet to bøger om økologisk havebrug.OM BOEGENThe Sea Road describes with great vividness the routines, the discomforts and the occasional glories of life on a longship, ashore in Iceland and its dependencies, Greenland and Vinland. There is a pleasant scene when the monk delights Gudrid – who is illiterate, of course – by showing her an illuminated bible. - The Times... the audacious female traveller Gudrid of Iceland is the original explorer’s explorer … Elphinstone has written a fine tribute to a woman whose tale is as warm and inviting as a hot spring on a clear winter day. - The Herald