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Highland River (Canons) Paperback – January 9, 2019

by Neil M. Gunn (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
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Kenn returns to the Highlands of his youth, back to the river which has haunted his dreams since boyhood. Determined to walk all the way back to its source, Kenn embarks on a journey that will lead him deep into the wilderness of his own heart. Profound and moving, Highland River is a stirring tale of what is lost and what endures, and the unexpected ways we can be renewed.
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    January 9, 2019
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    5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1782118845
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canongate Books (January 9, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1782118845
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1782118848
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 71 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highland River
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
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Beautiful.I can understand more about my descendants from Dalbeath who settled in Waitahuna Otago NZ in the mid.1800s.They sent 2 sons back to Scotland to study Medicine and Dentistry .The dentist died on the long voyage back to NZ. The importance of education and a love of the mountains and their natural beauty are the simple qualities which they bought to NZ.They have been the founding fathers of a wonderful country which still looks back to Scotland .
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John L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Book
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2014
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This book provides a look into a way of life of the highlanders in Scotland during the turn of the century. A real insight into a much simpler life but one that forms the true character of the scot.
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nora hope
2.0 out of 5 stars Action, please
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2012
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I once loved Gunn's novels so much I would read them like a prayer book. They were borrowed from a Scottish friend. So I ordered them all. Alas, I no longer want to read 20 pages of a salmon's progress and a boy watching it. The folk are now folkloric to me, not noble beings. The prose is more like poetry. This is not a bad thing. Maybe it is the mark of the times - I only know that I do not want to read a book with virtually no action, no dialogue, and a valorization of the lower class gathered at river's shores. So sad.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully written narrative that transports the reader to the north ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017
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A beautifully written narrative that transports the reader to the north eastern part of Scotland as it was a century ago.
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julie osborne-moss
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Scotland's Finest..
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2001
As an analogy for life, you can't get any more meaningful than Highland River. A story of a young boy's maturation, told in the brutally honest and realistic context of life in the Highlands of Scotland, before the First World War. His life is intertwined with that of the battle of the salmon, both for survival and to achieve it's mysterious returning to its birthplace. Both are searching for the river's source.
Gunn's writing is breathtaking in its ability to articulate the most intangible of emotions, and there are passages in the book which will stay with me for the rest of my life. Gunn's understanding of the Highland psyche, and his ability to translate it into the most moving prose, is never better exemplified than in this book.
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M. Hartman
5.0 out of 5 stars A MASTERPIECE
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2001
Neil Gunn's prose in this work is pure perfection. His description of life in the Northern Highlands is passionate, beautiful and refreshingly honest. A complex coming-of-age story that becomes a study of the connections between the working class and the land they live and die on. Gunn is one of Scotland's greatest writers. Contains some absolutely brilliant descriptions of Scotland's natural beauty. If you are interested in great fiction look no further, especially if you have an interest in Scotland. Highly recommended.
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L. C.
4.0 out of 5 stars Not an easy read.
Reviewed in Spain on July 15, 2022
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Not easy to follow, the story slips from present to past, goes farther back, and hints about the future of the boy Kenn who is the central character. We first meet Ken when he is nine, gleefully stoning then slowly killing a salmon. His mother, who had sent thim to fetch water from the pool, is not the least worried by the fact that he's been gone a long time! Later we find Kenn exploring the river with his older brother Angus who teaches him many ways of poaching salmon and trout, and how to make snares for rabbits! This book was first published in 1937. I am quite surprised that it has not been "edited", because the poaching lessons are explicit, and Kenn robs eggs from the nests of various birds. Some of the plundered eggs provide an Easter "treat" for the boys and their parents! I'm not a sentimentalist, but I could not bring myself to share the boys' delighted laughter when they caused -- as we are now aware -- this loss of species. Times have changed, opinions have changed, but... maybe there should be a "warning" inserted for the sensitive reader!
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars In Search of... What?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2007
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This is a novel to read slowly and reflectively. There are always questions to be asked: Why is Gunn telling us this? What is the deeper significance of the river and the salmon? What is really the nature of Kenn's quest? -Surely more than tracing a river to its source.
To compare this with his earlier "Morning Tide" is to move from straightforward narrative to a far more complex structure, and from a simple enjoyment of times past to a brooding quest for the real nature of the principal character.
There is still the same delightful evocation of landscape and the unique atmosphere of the Highlands; there is still a wealth of acute observation and understanding of childhood, but here, the middle-aged man is hovering like a bird over his younger self, re-living with sharp awareness some of the most telling episodes, always seeking a deeper understanding of himself.
In much of Gunn's writing, the salmon symbolizes knowledge, which suggests a reason for the vivid opening description of young Kenn wrestling with the huge salmon and valiantly attempting to take it home to help feed his family, a theme re-echoed later on as he struggles against the odds to gain his Leaving Certificate.
Like the salmon driven by a mysterious inner force to seek the upper reaches of the river, so Kenn is driven to seek an ever-deeper awareness of his roots among Scotland's people and a glimpse of what ultimately awaits the human spirit.
As I said, a novel for careful reading and thoughtful enjoyment.
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DR MICHAEL LEACH
5.0 out of 5 stars A Neil Gunn classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2015
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I can highly recommend this beautifully written book set in the valley of the Dunbeath Water in Caithness. The story is told through the visions of Kenn - the river and of course the Salmon is at the epicentre but much more exudes from him in his descriptions of wildlife, his early experiences, the challenges that life presents and his connections with his parents and his siblings. I read the whole book in virtually a single sitting - it very much reminded me of my exploits as a young lad of a similar age many years ago. Treat yourself to some of the most popular writings of Neil Gunn….this book is a good place to start.
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hilz
4.0 out of 5 stars Scottish writing at its best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2021
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Maybe not his best book, but I always enjoy Neil Gunn's writing.
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hazel burgin
5.0 out of 5 stars The past informs the future.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2019
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A wonderful book that is able , through remarkable writing, to add a touch of spirituality and depths of humanism to the reader's experience. The river and the memories and experiences that shape Kenn's life in boyhood also help to sustain him as an adult. He draws strength from these experiences and memories of family life in order to understand and interpret life as an adult. A metaphor maybe for life going on, informed and interpreted by important previous experiences.
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