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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
Defence of Iceland and the Faeroe, Orkney
and Shetland Islands”, Garden City, New York
(Garden City Publishing Co„ Inc.) n.y. [194!],
71 pp„ maps, numerous b/w-photographs
<A description of British army life in the North
Atlantic islands (Orkney, Shetland, Faroe and
Iceland) during the 2nd World War by the famous
Scottish novellist historian (1899-1974). The Faroes
in chapter VIII: "Tlie Faeroes", pp. 52-57 (British
edition); pp. 49-54 (American edition) with b/w-
photograph "British Soldiers in a Faeroe village”
before p. 29]>
>- Reviewed in:
The New York Times, Nov. 9, 1941, p. BR8
(Janet Adam Smith; as part of a review of sev-
eral works under the title ”The Literary Scene
in Scotland")
1448: Linklater, Eric: The Dark of Summer
London (Jonathan Cape) 1956, 303 pp. [lst
English edition]. 2nd [paperback] edition
Edinburgh (Canongate Books Ltd.) 1999, (=
Canongate Classics, 91), xii, 238 pp„ with an
introduction by Allan Massie on pp. vii-xii.
American edition: New York (Harcourt, Brace
and Company) 1957, 238 pp.
<One of Linklater’s lesser known novels. Tlte plot is
set in the I940s atul 1950s, mostly in Shetland and
the Faroes, and centres round the adventures ofTony
Chisholm, an ojficer of the British army>
> Reviewed in:
TLS, Sept 27, 1956, p. 551 (Refering to ls'
English edition)
The Christian Science Monitor, Febr. 7, 1957,
p. 7(Earl W. Foell; referring to American edi-
tion)
The New York Times, Febr. 10, 1957, p. 245
(James Kelly, under the title "Hauted by
Guilt")
Library Journal, vol. 82, New York 1957, p.
196 (Referring to American edition; reviewed
by Edward H. Jones)
Julian Meldon D’Arcy: Eric Linklater in: J.M.
d'Arcy: Scottish Skalds and Saga men. Old
Norse Influence on Modern Scottish Literature.
East Linton (Tuckwell Press) 1996, pp. 202-
241 [’Tlte Dark of Summer'on pp. 234-238]
1451: Listasavn Føroya (ed.): Hans Pauli
Olsen. 18. juni - 31. juli 1993
Tórshavn (Listasavn Føroya/Faroe Islands Art
Gallery) 1993, 24 pp., 46 b/w photographs by
Bent Ryberg, Rita Jokiranta and Per á Hædd
<Catalogue issued on the occasion of' an exhibition
of sculptures and objects by the Faroese artist H.P.
Olsen (* Tórshavn 1957) in the Faroe Islands Art
Gallery. Introduction and captions to illustrations
by Bárður Jákupsson. Text in Faroese, Danish and
English. English text (”Reflections and Shadow")
on pp. 8-10, translation by Sheila Arnskov>
1459: Lockley, R[oland] M[athias]: I Know
An Island, 1938
> Reviewed in:
TLS, Dec. 17, 1938, p. 805 ([Jolo Aneurin
Williams])
1462: Lockley, R[olaitd] M[athias]: Puffins
London (J.M. Dent & Sons) 1953, 186 [202]
pp.. Illustrated witli a coloured frontispiece by
C.F. Tunniclijfe, drawings in the text by Nancy
Catford and 16 pages of photographs, and
maps
<lnformation on the occurence, biology and use of
puffins in the Faroes on pp. 104, 118, 128, 142f, 157
and passim. With 2 photographs, ”ln the Faroes:
islanders returning from a fleyging expediton ” and
"In the Faroes: plucking puffins in the village
street”, afterp. 142>
1469: Lockwood, W.B.: An Introduction to
Modern Faroese
4lh, unaltered edition (Føroya Skúlabókagrunn-
ur) 2003
1508: [Jones, W. Glyn]: In love with the Life
Force
in: TLS, no. 3, March 2, 1973, p. 245, I b/w-
photograph
<A review of William Heinesen’s work "Panorama
med regnbue” and an appreciation of his entire
literary work>