Northern Alchemy: Shetlandic poems with versions in English

by Christine De Luca

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A bi-lingual collection of 40 poems, each in the original Shetlandic, along with a version in English. The poems will be selected from several of Christine De Luca’s collections along with some as yet unpublished poems.

Shetlandic is a unique ‘dialect’ or language, a blend of Old Scots with strong Norse vocabulary and sound; the most distinctive within Scotland. Nordic poets, when they hear it, describe it as a ‘cousin language’.

  • ISBN13 9781999703080
  • Publish Date 5 March 2020
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 23 September 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Patrician Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 106
  • Language English