The Green Isle of the Great Deep (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Neil M. Gunn
- First Published: 1944
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—dystopia
- Time of Work: The 1940s
- Setting: The Green Isle of the Great Deep
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: 1940’s, God, Islands, Totalitarianism, Boys, Paradise
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
The Green Isle of the Great Deep is a sequel to Young Art and Old Hector (1942), one of Neil M. Gunns many novels glorifying boyhood, set in the Scottish Highlands crofting communities. Elements of both Christian and Celtic mysticism inform the earlier work, and in The Green Isle of the Great Deep, a young boy and old man decidedly enter a mythic realm. Through their efforts—and with last-minute assistance from God” paradise is rescued from encroaching totalitarianism.
The novel begins naturalistically with a conversation among members...
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