Tocasaid 'Ain Tuirc
A quirky, humorous and entertaining short-story cycle, featuring larger-than-life characters. Many characters recur throughout the collection, including the main charactar, An Tocasaid ('The Hogshead'), who gives the book its title.
"One of the highlights of the contemporary period...an idiosyncratic and unique collection that will take its place as one of the classics in Gaelic fiction" (published by
CRANN-FÌGE / FIG TREE
Cruinneachadh sgeulachdan làidir, brìoghmhor eile bho ùghdar Tocasaid ’Ain Tuirc. Coltach ri sgeulachdan na Tocasaid, a tha a’ togail ceann sa chruinneachadh seo cuideachd, ach lem blas is lem beatha fhèin. Tha feadhainn dhiubh suidhichte ann an Leòdhas san linn a chaidh, agus feadhainn suidhichte ann an àiteachan eile. Ach ge bith càite, eadar Nis agus Nèamh, tha iad uile air an innse ann an guth tarraingeach, dealbhach a tha a’ cur diomb leanaibh an cèill a cheart cho soilleir, fìor ’s a bheir e thugainn aithreachas boireannaich, no fiamh bodaich.
’S ann às a’ Chnoc Àrd ann an Nis a tha Donnchadh MacGillÌosa, an ceann-a-tuath Leòdhais. Seo an ceathramh cruinneachadh de sgeulachdan goirid aige air fhoillseachadh, agus a’ chiad leabhar leis far a bheil a’ Ghàidhlig is a’ Bheurla còmhla, taobh ri taobh.
A new collection of short stories from the author of Tocasaid ’Ain Tuirc, bringing the same sharp wit and observational skill to this evocation of Lewis life and people from last century intertwined with stories situated elsewhere, and giving as authentic a voice to an angry child’s resentment, a woman’s regret or an old man’s fears.
Duncan Gillies is from Knockaird, in Ness, the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis. Fig Tree is his fourth published collection of short stories and the first book of his in which Gaelic and English appear together, side by side
Màiri Dhall agus Sgeulachdan Eile
Duncan MacGillIosa's second collection of short stories. Some of the characters from his first collection, Tocasaid 'Ain Tuirc, reappear here, as well as a host of new characters with a variety of schemes, philosophies, jokes and musings on how we area connected to the wider world and the people around us.
"...a seriously skilful collection of stories and a most significant contribution to the corpus of twenty-first century Gaelic literature...Minority languages need major works of contemporary literature to help sustain them. Màiri Dhall is Sgeulachdan Eile is a book that will last—a thoroughly enjoyable, as well as an important, read.
Tocasaid 'Ain Tuirc - Audio Book
A quirky, humorous and entertaining short-story cycle, featuring larger-than-life characters. Many characters recur throughout the collection, including the main charactar, An Tocasaid ('The Hogshead'), who gives the book its title.
"One of the highlights of the contemporary period...an idiosyncratic and unique collection that will take its place as one of the classics in Gaelic fiction"
An Còta Dathach agus Deich Sgeulachdan Eile
This is Duncan Gillies' third collection of short stories.
Some are set in the author's native Ness, bringing the local community to life, while others are set in more unusual environments.
