Magnus

First published in 1973, Magnus is George Mackay Brown's tour de force - his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney's brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

Publicat pentru prima data in 1973, Magnus este turul de forta al lui George Mackay Brown - cartea sa cea mai poetica si inovatoare. El leaga povestea din secolul al XII-lea a uciderii brutale a sfantului Conte Magnus din Orkney, de catre varul sau Hakon Paulson, cu cea a filosofului Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ucis de nazisti in timpul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial.