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.

Publicata pentru prima data in 1973, Magnus este opera de arta a lui George Mackay Brown - cea mai poetica si inovatoare carte a sa. El leaga povestea din secolul al XII-lea a uciderii brutale a sfantului conte Magnus de Orkney, comisa de varul sau Hakon Paulson, de cea a filosofului Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ucis de nazisti in timpul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial.