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Shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards 2021
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2020
Winner of the Poetry Award at the Gaelic Literature Awards 2020
Nàdar de smachd. De dh’iongantas. De mhìorbhail. ‘S e leabhar bàrdachd a tha seo a tha a’ putadh air crìochan ‘òrdugh nàdarra chùisean’, agus a’ sgrùdadh mar a bhios sinn a’ cur an cèill eòlais, cumhachd, cuimhne agus fealla-dhà ann am faclan a tha tìmeil agus sgeunach, faclan a tha a’ teicheadh o smachd duine sam bith. ‘S dòcha gur e leabhar poileatagach a th’ann, ach teans gu bheil e ro aosta mu thrath; ‘s dòcha gur e nàdar de rabhadh a th’ann, ach ‘s beag a tha dh’fhios air dè.
These poems probe the ‘natural order of things’, and what it means to explore knowledge, power, memory and play, in words that are time-charged and skittish, words that jib at being claimed by anyone. It’s probably a political book, but is almost certainly out-of-date; it’s probably some kind of warning, but without a clear sense about what.
“Peter Mackay’s is one of the brightest and most provocative minds in the world of Gaelic literature today”- Kevin MacNeil
“am bàrd òg Gàidhlig as fheàrr a th’ againn an-diugh… oighre Iain Mhic a’ Ghobhainn”- The Scotsman [Raghnall Mac Ille Dhuibh]
