Donald S. Murray comes from Ness at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis and now lives in Shetland. An award-winning writer, playwright and poet, Donald is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books, including As the Women Lay Dreaming, The Dark Stuff and Herring Tales, which was one of The Guardian's nature books of the year in 2015.
PART 1: Ru`sgadh - Turfing
Chapter 1: Fraoch (Scottish Gaelic) - Heather
Chapter 2: Lyng (Danish) - Heather
Chapter 3: Heide (Dutch) - Heather
PART 2: Mo`ine Bha`n - White Peat
Chapter 4: Vaalea Rahkasammalturve (Finnish) - White Peat
Chapter 5: Grauveen (Dutch) - Grey Turf
Chapter 6: Skyumpik (Shetland) - Mossy Peat
Chapter 7: Svörður (eastern Iceland) - Turf, Peat
PART 3: Fa`d a' Gha`rraidh - The Wall Peat
Chapter 8: Möini¿n Pollach (Irish) - Small Pitted Bogs
Chapter 9: Bluster (Shetland) - Rough Peat
PART 4: Mo`ine Dhubh - Caoran - Black Peat
Chapter 10: Blue Clod (Shetland) - Dark Peat
Chapter 11: Musta Turve (Finnish) - Black Peat
Chapter 12: Schwarztorf (German) - Black Peat
PART 5: Rathad an Isein - The Birds' Path
Chapter 13: Su`il-chruthaich (Scottish Gaelic) - Quagmire or Bog, literally
'the eye of creation'
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