Margaret Elphinstone's daring effort to portray mankind's distant past succeeds brilliantly. While many aspects of life 8, years ago are beyond our reach, The Gathering Night presents a highly plausible picture of the lifestyles, motivations, and beliefs of humans in that distant world. It is also a tight drama with compelling characters/5(30). Margaret Elphinstone's daring effort to portray mankind's distant past succeeds brilliantly. While many aspects of life 8, years ago are beyond our reach, The Gathering Night presents a highly plausible picture of the lifestyles, motivations, and beliefs of humans in that distant world. It is also a tight drama with compelling characters.4/5(24). The Gathering Night Margaret Elphinstone. A murder mystery set amongst a hunter-gathering community in Mesolithic Scotland. This summary of the plot gives no idea of the nature of this book. It is like listening to stories told by your grandparents, in the days before TV, as the family gathered for comfort round the fire.
The Gathering Night is a story of conflict, loss, love, adventure and devastating natural disaster. This gripping novel by the acclaimed author of The Sea Road is set deep in our stone-age past but resonates as a parable for our troubled planet 8, years on. Review: The Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone Adam Thorpe enjoys the unforced poetry of a prehistoric tale. The Gathering Night. by. Margaret Elphinstone. · Rating details · ratings · 47 reviews. Between Grandmother Mountain and the cold sea, Alaia and her family live off the land. But when one of her brothers goes hunting and never returns, the fragile balance of life is upset. Half-starved and maddened with grief, Alaia's mother follows.
The Gathering Night Also by Margaret Elphinstone Available from McArthur the wind from the High Sun Sky smelt of the coming spring. But now we were afraid my mother wouldn’t go with us. We. Overview. Between Grandmother Mountain and the cold sea, Alaia and her family live off the land. But when her brother goes hunting and never returns, the fragile balance of life is upset. Half-starved and maddened with grief, Alaia's mother follows her visions and goes in search of her lost son. The Gathering Night is a story of conflict, loss, love, adventure and devastating natural disaster. Margaret Elphinstone's The Gathering Night is featured in a Waterstone's "Armchair Travel" podcast which invites writers to recommend books "which take the reader on a journey". Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie has selected Margaret Elphinstone's ambitious novel which is set some 10, years ago in Mesolithic Scotland, describing it as not only a journey through Scotland but also a journey back in time.
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