The Leaper - Macintyre, Lorn
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The Leaper Seumas Macdonald is an outsider, not only because helives on an isolated primitive croft, but also because, being the only child in the school to speak Gaelic(apart from his disturbed sister), he is the favourite ofMacCallum the headmaster, which leads to the boybeing bullied in the playground. MacCallum comes in hisboat for ceilidhs with the Macdonald family, to preservethe evocative Gaelic names of birds and flowers, and toteach Seumas to read and write what the headmastercalls 'the language of Eden' which, like the naturalworld, is under threat. The Leaper chronicles Seumas'slate…mehr

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The Leaper Seumas Macdonald is an outsider, not only because helives on an isolated primitive croft, but also because, being the only child in the school to speak Gaelic(apart from his disturbed sister), he is the favourite ofMacCallum the headmaster, which leads to the boybeing bullied in the playground. MacCallum comes in hisboat for ceilidhs with the Macdonald family, to preservethe evocative Gaelic names of birds and flowers, and toteach Seumas to read and write what the headmastercalls 'the language of Eden' which, like the naturalworld, is under threat. The Leaper chronicles Seumas'slate and troubled introduction to sex; revealing howhe finds consolation, companionship and hope in thecompany of a wild creature, in the face of violence anddiscrimination from the community. The novel is alsoabout the loss of the old oral Gaelic tradition and theemergence of a new form of Gaelic culture, literate, butlacking the continuity of the old spoken tales. Lorn Macintyre is a poet, novelist, short story writer andtelevision scriptwriter. He spent formative years on theIsle of Mull. 'I love The Leaper' - Ros Borland, fi lm-maker.
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Autorenporträt
Lorn Macintyre was born in Taynuilt, Argyll, and spent formative years on the Isle of Mull, both places being the inspiration for his poetry and prose and his exposure to Gaelic culture. His doctorate on Sir Walter Scott and the Highlands shows how that area of Scotland was romanticised and misrepresented in literature by 'the Wizard of the North, ' with lasting detriment. Lorn is the author of the Chronicles of Invernevis, about a Highland landed family, of which four in the series of novels have been published. He has published two acclaimed collections of short stories based on his years on Mull and its characters, including his own legendary father Angus, poet, bank manager and obsessed Gael. His poetry, like his fiction, records and laments the disappearance of a traditional way of life, with accompanying decline in the Gaelic language, and the exploitation of the environment, with some wildlife under threat of extinction through the use of chemicals. Lorn's website is at