Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (Canongate Myths)

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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (Canongate Myths #6)

by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)

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Part of a series of books containing myths as retold by first-rank contemporary authors, this is Alexander McCall Smith's telling of the Celtic myth of Dream Angus, a god of love, youth, beauty, and also the bringer of dreams. He is cherished by all, but fated to love only Caér, the swan maiden from his own dreams. Smith spins five charming stories of Dream Angus with five...more

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Published September 12th 2006 by Canongate U.S. (first published 2006)

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Mar 17, 2009 Veronica rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Celtic myth, or dream studies.

Shelves: 2009, adult-fiction

In this interpretation of a classic Celtic myth, rewritten by Alexander McCall Smith of mystery novel fame, we discover the life and times of Angus, God of Dreams. A clever, lovely young God with a penchant for birds and pigs, Angus is a bringer of happiness. In McCall's version, Angus's ancient myth is presented alongside contemporary fictional tales of his influence on several individuals. The stories are touching in and of themselves, but the way in which they are interwoven with the very tra...more

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Mar 28, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, irish, scottish, gods-myths-heroes, reviewed

What I like about the Celtic Gods is that they are just ordinary people, in a way. They have both mortals and immortals at their parties. They live among their people. They behave like people, exhibiting all the best and worst qualities, and while the people recognize that there is a God among them, it's like having a King or Chieftain in the house, not an overwhelming force. So Alexander McCall Smith's contribution to the Myths series is an excellent blending of the fantastic and the regular, l...more What I like about the Celtic Gods is that they are just ordinary people, in a way. They have both mortals and immortals at their parties. They live among their people. They behave like people, exhibiting all the best and worst qualities, and while the people recognize that there is a God among them, it's like having a King or Chieftain in the house, not an overwhelming force. So Alexander McCall Smith's contribution to the Myths series is an excellent blending of the fantastic and the regular, like the original story of Angus, and it is very well done.

In alternating chapters, he lays out the story of the god of dreams, Angus, and tells modern stories of people who are touched by the god. In one chapter, he explores the story of people who were turned into pigs and petitioned Angus to live near him. In the next chapter, his story is about the genetic engineering they have been doing in modern Scotland to create a pig whose skin can be used for human transplant. I was pleased with how Smith made the original tales relevant for the modern reader. He also brought out tones of George Orwell and Oryx and Crake. It was a shivery-creepy but perfectly ordinary story of these poor pigs. My favorite kind of social commentary.

He also touches, gently, on the history of Scotland, from the time when the stories were first told to the modern genetic experiments including the banning of Gaelic and kilts, and immigration. Don't let me mislead you; he does it subtly; it's not a missive or chest-beating political tract. He telling the important stories, not making a judgement about them. He certainly didn't make any judgements about Angus' conception (his father's rape of a river spirit), and he was probably right not to, but I admit that grudgingly.

Throughout the chapters are the symbols that are important in the mythology of Angus: birds, pigs, rats, water, and, most significantly dreams. I was impressed by how he wove them into the modern chapters.

Having been so disappointed with the last book I read by Smith, I am especially impressed with his accomplishment in this book. And I am reminded of why I should not be too quick to dismiss an author's work just because of one bad book. Well, I guess it depends on the book...(less)

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Dec 18, 2011 Richard rated it 3 of 5 stars

Rating: 3.5* of five

A very interesting idea for a series, this. Retell the classic myths of the world from a new perspective, only a serious point is to be made: Myths are the stories of our collective unconscious, and can always bear updating.

It works out well in Dream Angus in large part because McCall Smith is Dream Angus's little brother. He creates magical invisible kingdoms of thought and convinces the millions that they're real and they're worth visiting time after time after time (Isabel...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Nesa Sivagnanam rated it 5 of 5 stars

Angus is the illegitimate son of the head of the Celtic gods, The Dagda (referred to here as just Dagda). Like Zeus, Dagda has a wandering eye for women. The river spirit Boann catches his eye one day and he proceeds to set up a successful seduction.

From the moment Angus is born it is obvious that he is a gentle spirit and will be universally loved. Songbirds circle his head to serenade him to sleep as he rocks in his cradle, and the wildest hunting dog calms when in his presence.

Dagda steals A...more Angus is the illegitimate son of the head of the Celtic gods, The Dagda (referred to here as just Dagda). Like Zeus, Dagda has a wandering eye for women. The river spirit Boann catches his eye one day and he proceeds to set up a successful seduction.

From the moment Angus is born it is obvious that he is a gentle spirit and will be universally loved. Songbirds circle his head to serenade him to sleep as he rocks in his cradle, and the wildest hunting dog calms when in his presence.

Dagda steals Angus away from his mother when he is still an infant. Shortly after Angus comes to live with him he dreams of a day when his son will supplant him on the throne and cast him away. The following day Angus is sent to live with one of his stepbrothers as Dagda hopes that this will prevent his dream from coming to pass.

Such is the gentle nature of Angus that all who meet him find they are filled with dreams of love. A good deal of the time they are dreams of love for Angus, but he never returns their affections. But one day when he is older Angus is ensnared by a dream of a beautiful woman. For the longest time he wastes away, uninterested in food or drink for love of this woman.

Finally she is found, but as fate would have it she must spend alternate years as a swan. So strong is Angus' love for Caer that he himself transforms into a swan so that they can be together.

While McCall Smith is telling us these details, he is interspersing them with short stories of humans set in modern times. One of the stories details a boy whose life has a parallel path to Angus'. When he went to live with his stepbrother who had a son a few years older then him, the two boys becoming inseparable and often mistaken as actual brothers. One night Angus dreams that new "brother" wasn't there any more, and it was so real that when he woke up he was inconsolable.

Similarly then, in "My Brother," set in rural Scotland in the Depression of the 1930s, Jamie idealizes his older brother Davie and goes everywhere with him if possible. He believes in all his heart that they will be together for the rest of their lives; he even imagines a time after their parents have died and they would share the house they grew up in.

So he is devastated when his brother receives an invitation to go to Canada to live with a cousin in Nova Scotia. The night after he finds out that his brother will be leaving he tries to convince Davie to let him come too. Instead of agreeing, Davie tells Jamie to ask "Dream Angus" to bring him dreams of him in Canada. That night Jamie dreams of dark trees and white snow and knows it's Canada.

The stories that run in our world's time have both literal and fantastical connections to the life of Angus. McCall Smith has woven elements of the nature of the god into the stories in a way that they reflect the spirit of gentleness and love that are the embodiment of Angus. When the young lady in "Is There A Place For Pigs There?" dreams about loving the simple young man who tends the pigs in the science lab where she works, she is at first surprised at herself. But she also knows for certain that he is the one for her.

The way in which the scene is depicted is simple enough to be honest and unsentimental, but it's that very simplicity that makes it so magical. She doesn't tear her hair in fits of passion or analyze her dream of love to pieces. It is just a fact, like the colour of her eyes is a fact, making it all the more wondrous.
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May 15, 2010 Jennifer (JC-S) rated it 3 of 5 stars

‘Myth is a cloud based upon a shadow based upon the movement of the breeze.’

Angus, we are told, is the Celtic god of dreams. He is the son of the warlike Dagda and of a water spirit called Boann. If he is the right mood, he might grant you a sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him but it won’t be reciprocated. Angus is far too busy making mischief: stealing the palace of the gods from Dagda and turning his enemies into pigs. Until one day he is trapped in his own...more

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Jan 12, 2009 Jaemi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-fiction

I don't actually know anything about the myth of Angus, had never heard of The Dagda, so I had nothing to draw on in terms of comparing this telling to the myth itself. Therefore I can't say how it compares, or even if I was missing anything by having no prior knowledge.

One of the titles in Canongate's The Myths series, Dream Angus centers around Angus, a God of Love and Dreams. Born to Boann, after she was tricked by Dagda, Angus is quickly stolen from his mother and handed off to one of his ki...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Ancestral Gael rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, fiction, gods, celtic, scotland, reviewed

Why did I read it? I like the idea of modern takes on older myths and this was available as part of my subscription to an audio book site.

Synopsis: It starts with the old celtic myth of Angust, starting with his parents and his birth, interspersed with Alexander McCall Smith's stories based on the myth.

What did I like? I liked how it weaved back and forth from the time of myth to more modern life stories and how these new stories reflected the life of the Angus of old. Somehow, they enhanced the...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Mike Clarke rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Angus, the Celts' god of dreams, youth and general gorgeousness, is the occasional hero of McCall Smith's commission in Canongate's bold Myths series. It's a powerful, affecting legend - I remember my mother singing the traditional ballad to me as a lullaby: 'dreams to sell, fine dreams to sell...' I was 41 at the time mind you...if you want to hear a modern take on the song then Barbara Dickson's rich contralto breathes life into it on her Full Circle album.

This then is a dreamy sort of book, i...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Petty Witter rated it 2 of 5 stars

The re-telling of an old Celtic myth, I'm still unsure what exactly I thought of this.

Combining (literally chapter by chapter) the story that is Angus (God of dreams and love) with a set of short contemporary stories each of which somehow connects with the previous, I'm just not too sure how well, if at all, this worked.

A short read (only 173 pages) my first problem with the book being that the author didn't quite seem to know at which age to aim the book, the mythical elements seemingly aimed a...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Marianne Søiland rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Etter 8 bøker fra samme forfatter i serien "Damenes Detektivbyrå nr. 1", en fantastisk "feelgood krim" plassert i Gaborone/Botswana, så jeg virkelig fram til å lese denne boka som jeg fikk av Line - en helt annerledes bok av Alexander McCall Smith basert på den keltiske myten "Angus the Celtic God of Dreams". Boka er forøvrig bok nummer 6 i Myteserien. Myteserien er en internasjonal bokserie som kommer ut i over 30 land. En rekke anerkjente forfattere fra forskjellige deler av verden har skrevet...more Etter 8 bøker fra samme forfatter i serien "Damenes Detektivbyrå nr. 1", en fantastisk "feelgood krim" plassert i Gaborone/Botswana, så jeg virkelig fram til å lese denne boka som jeg fikk av Line - en helt annerledes bok av Alexander McCall Smith basert på den keltiske myten "Angus the Celtic God of Dreams". Boka er forøvrig bok nummer 6 i Myteserien. Myteserien er en internasjonal bokserie som kommer ut i over 30 land. En rekke anerkjente forfattere fra forskjellige deler av verden har skrevet sin egen versjon av en myte som betyr noe for dem. Ved denne gjenfortellingen settes gamle myter i et nytt lys, samtidig som noen av dagens beste forfattere får tilføre mytene sin egen vri. Blant forfatterne i serien i tillegg til Alexander McCall Smith er Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, David Grossman, viktor Pelevin, Ali Smith og A.S. Byatt.

Angus Drømmebæreren bringer menneskene drømmer. I tillegg er Angus også Eros - kjærlighetens, ungdommens og skjønnhetens Gud. Myten forteller at Angus leter etter en ung kvinne som har vist seg for ham i drømme. Han finner henne til slutt, men hun er forhekset og må leve et år som en fugl. Angus forvandler seg da til en svane og de flyr av sted sammen.

Bokas første kapitler starter med hvordan myten sier Angus ble unnfanget, litt om hans foreldre (der faren viser seg å være en stor overraskelse) og hvordan Angus leter etter en ung kvinne som han har sett i drømme og som han ønsker å tilbringe resten av livet med. Angus er alltid fulgt av fugler, hvor hver av dem er et kyss, og han har evnen til å oppsøke deg i drømme og vise deg din sanne kjærlighet i livet. Det vil si, om han selv vil da.

Boka inneholder 5 små visjoner, hvor samtlige er plassert i nåtidens Skottland. Disse korte historiene knytter McCall Smith løselig til den eldgamle myten om Angus. Alle 5 handler om fem forskjellige, unge menn ved navn Angus, hvor hver av dem lever ut sin egen versjon av drømmebærer-myten.

Jeg kjenner McCall Smith som en fantastisk historieforteller fra "Damenes Detektivbyrå Nr. 1" serien. Denne gang syns jeg imidlertid ikke han holdt mål. Myten i seg selv er spennende nok, og starten av den lille boka lover godt. De fem historiene fenger imidlertid ikke. De blir altfor korte, de forskjellige Angus'ene blir ikke beskrevet godt nok til at vi får noe forhold til dem, og det er rett og slett altfor lite kjøtt på beina til at historiene griper meg - kanskje med unntak av historien om Angus dyrepasseren der vi kommer litt mer innenfor huden på akkurat denne Angus'en. Jeg syns de korte visjonene er altfor løst koplet til drømmebærermyten til at de yter myten noen rettferdighet eller legger til særlig spennende innhold. Jeg føler fortellerstilen til McCall Smith, som tidligere fikk meg til å humre for meg selv og engasjere meg i menneskene han skrev om, distanserer meg mer fra historien enn å fange meg inn. Jeg er litt skuffet, faktisk.
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May 09, 2012 Casey rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

(I'll be brief b/c just wrote a review and it didn't load...) This book did not engage me and I felt very disconnected throughout it. I was really excited about it, b/c I typically like things of this nature, and it did have some nice language and imagery, but so much of it did not make sense. Granted, because it did not engage me, I often got distracted so very likely missed stuff, but I know certain scenes (like one with pigs??) I was like, "What on Earth does this have to do w/ Angus and what...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Gill rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fairly proficient adult learners of English

Shelves: ams

Quite different from a lot of AMS's writing, although it has his characteristic style markers and delicately painted brushstrokes, building images and scenes with charm and areas of depth and others slightly out-of-focus. The difference here is in the loose linking of fairly disparate tales into a work about the myth-figure 'dream Angus'. I kept expecting resolution of one story in another, when there seemed to be tennuous connections between one story and another, but these appeared to be no mo...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Juliana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ini adalah cerita tentang Dream Angus, dewa mimpi dan cinta dari kebudayaan Celtic. Awalnya dibuka dengan riwayat Dream Angus, yang seperti cerita-cerita dewa di budaya lainnya, agak sedikit rumit. Singkat kata, dia adalah putera Dagda, raja dewa pada kebudayaan Celtic. Buku ini tidak secara runut membahas riwayat Dream Angus, tapi diselingi dengan cerita tentang rakyat Skotlandia dan kepercayaan mereka kepada dewa mimpi dan cinta ini. Ada yang bekerja di Canada, dan memohon agar didekatkan deng...more

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Apr 26, 2011 Lucia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: the-myths

This is #5 in the Canongate "The Myths" series for me and so far my favorite. I have little prior knowledge of Irish mythology so I had to "research" the background story of Angus and as far as I can tell, Smith's "retelling" is very similiar to the orignial story. What I liked about it was the modern day stories interspersed between the chapters of Angus's story and his influence on our lives today. I am also not previously familiar with this author but I enjoyed his style and insight into ever...more

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Feb 27, 2009 Djrmel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, fantasy

This book is one of the Myth series from Canonsgate, where well published authors write new stories for old myths, as well as using them for inspiration for contemporary short stories. (That sounds more complicated than it is, really. The publisher's website explains only a little better.) McCall Smith tells the story of Angus, a god of love, dreams, beauty and youth in Celtic culture. This author recognizes that all those things don't guarantee a perfect life for the young god or the humans th...more

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May 06, 2011 melydia rated it 2 of 5 stars

A sort-of retelling of the myth of Angus, Celtic god of dreams and youth and love. The chapters alternate between the story of Angus's life and more modern vignettes that somehow incorporate Angus in various forms. Though Angus is supposedly a god of love, all the vignettes were rather sad: love lost, doubt, infidelity. I felt very disconnected from the whole thing, really. The parts about Angus's life came across more like someone was describing the myth to me, while the other stories were so v...more

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Jun 25, 2011 Melissa Namba rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is probably the best of the series. It does not seem to be written in the typical voice of Alexander McCall Smith so don't expect anything like The Number 1 Ladies series. It was a little difficult for me to follow because it is not necessarily sequential and you have to figure out from context clues who the main character of each section is. However, it wraps up quite nicely at the end leaving the reader quite satisfied. It is not the best book ever written nor one that I would recommend f...more

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Mar 04, 2009 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was a bit disappointing. Jumps from story to story barely have any cohesiveness, except that all of the stories are loosely based on legends of the dream angus. Some chapters are a continuation of the story before, and other times it begins a totally different story, without much warning. Sometimes stories would just end, with seemingly no real point to it. Perhaps others may not have as much trouble as I did keeping up with what's happening.

I did enjoy the stories of his origin (first...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Kim added it · review of another edition

I love Alexander McCall Smith's writing! Will read more by him. This book was a delightful, short read. I enjoyed the modern Angus tales as much as the ancient Dream Angus myths. Dreams and love. The Angus in each story made me think of my own life and how to be more gentle and loving. Interesting Celtic myths! Am intrigued enough to read more of the myth series and do some more research on other Celtic myths. It also gave me a different perspective on the name Angus and made me smile when I tho...more

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Jun 23, 2011 Kathy Cowley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, fairy-tale

A beautiful, literary, historical and contemporary retelling of the Angus myths, from Scotland and Ireland. Admittedly, I'd never encountered Angus before, but the god of love and dreams, who bestows his gifts generously, stole my breath and my heart, as I, like all those who encountered him in the stories, fell just a little bit in love with him.

McCall Smith is a master storyteller and prose-crafter, and his insertion of traditional mythology into the modern day made me want to be more forgivin...more

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Jul 19, 2009 Isabell rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the first book I've read by McCall Smith (It was the only one our local library carried). It's solid writing, and I thoroughly enjoyed the theme of this book: the reality vs fiction of dreams. Can we will a dream to come true?

Considering what the author was given to work with (i.e. pick a myth and transform it into the now), this was certainly a little master piece in its own right.

I'm really interested to see what McCall Smith can do when allowed to pick his own themes. I can't wait to...more

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Feb 22, 2011 Pauline rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: canongate-myths, project-52-2011

"In my experience, dreams are unreliable, and the lovers whom people see in their dreams, well... Put it this way, I'm not exactly convinced. Far from it." - Thoughts on Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith

Sigh. I hate it when a book disappoints me, especially when I've convinced myself early on that I will love, oh I will love it so, so much. Alexander McCall Smith's Dream Angus is my fourth Canongate Myth, and even before I've started reading the series, just when I was learning about them an...more

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Jul 09, 2009 Cameron rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mythology, contemporary-fiction

Flitting in amongst the lives and dreams of modern day Irish folk, Angus, deliverer of dreams and igniter of passions and love, takes on the persona of a therapist, a tow-headed and simple-minded youth, or the ancient regalia as the son of the Dagda, the highest of the Irish deities. McCall Smith crafts a series of delightful short stories, rife with the connections between people and the failings therein. Whether describing the beautiful beginnings of a newlywed couple or the wrenching betrayal...more

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May 02, 2008 Teresa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I think what I liked best about this book is the introduction. I knew nothing about Angus, so was happy to get background info. And I loved these lines by Smith in his intro (and felt that they could speak to those readers of Atwood's "Penelopiad" who seemed so furious with her for her retelling):

"Purists may object to this, but myths live, and are there to be played with. At the same time, it is important to remind readers ... that if they want the medieval versions, unsullied by 21st interpola...more

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May 06, 2007 liz rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: literary

"Dream Angus" is one of a series of books published by Canongate that are re-workings of traditional myths from around the world by contemporary authors. We read the Penelopead by Margaret Atwood for book club and were all extremely disappointed. But I really enjoy Alexander McCall Smith, and liked "Dream Angus" a lot. Maybe just because it focuses on a Celtic god (or son of a god), Angus is a dreamgiver/eros figure. McCall Smith intersperses his retelling of Angus's life with situations where m...more

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Jun 20, 2008 lynne naranek rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: shortstory, 2007

Never heard of Angus? Me neither! And I consider myself relatively well-exposed to Greek, Roman, Norse and some Anglo-Saxon/Celtic mythology. But no worries, Mr McCall does an excellent job of introducing us to this Celtic god of dreams.

The origins of Angus are typical: just as Zeus, king of the Greek gods, disguised himself in many different forms in order to seduce a chosen female target, the king of Celtic gods The Dagda disguised himself as a holy man and seduced Boann, a water spirit who h...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Chanel Earl rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: martin-and-chanel-book-club

This is beautifully written. I always enjoy Alexander McCall Smith for his easy pacing and delightful descriptions. Reading his books is like floating down a lazy river. I feel like I am reading with my eyes closed.

I loved the experience reading this, but I can't say that I got a lot out of it. the stories were all short and not as interconnected as I wanted them to be. A character which appears briefly would grab my interest, then just when I wanted more, disappear. That was really frustrating...more

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Sep 12, 2008 Diana rated it 4 of 5 stars

I can do no wrong when it comes to picking books these days. My latest serendipitous choice: Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith. It's very different from the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Much as I liked those, I was getting a bit tired of them. I read the first of the Sunday Philosophy Club series set in Edinburgh, and it was ok, but it didn't seem to break any new ground. This though, this is really good. It's a retelling of the Scots/Irish legend of Angus, a mythical figure who brin...more

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Oct 30, 2009 Judith Howard rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is part of a series on myths. He takes the myth of the Dream Angus, a handsome lad who goes around giving people dreams while searching for the woman of his own dreams, and intersperses stories about regular mortals who relate to him metaphorically. While the book is well-written, I can't say that I got very excited about it, or felt that sigh of satisfaction like I did after I read his other books. It might have just been my mood. I hope you try it and let me know what you think.

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Jan 15, 2012 Jennifer Mitchell rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: myths

A look at the life of Angus, the Celtic God of dreams and love, told through the myths and more modern stories of people and dreams.
Parts of this worked and parts didn't. The stories weaved through the myths of Angus were well written, but just not as interesting as the myths themselves - which often felt wooden.
The book was really more of a collection of short stories about Angus than one cohesive story, which is what I had expected.
And maybe the reason for my disappointment.

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“That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that surprised her. But she was so certain about it, so certain.” — 63 people liked it

“Will he come to me, Dream Angus,
Come quietly through the evening light,
Come when I do not expect him, and I am sleepy,
Come when I am drowsy, when I am ready for rest;
Will he come to me, Dream Angus?
...
Will I see the birds about his head,
The birds that are his kisses?
Will I believe that each of us,
Even he who thinks himself unloved,
May be transformed, made different
By one who finds him marvellous? Will I think that?
...
Will he bring me some sort of quietus,
Some form of understanding; will he break my heart;
Will he show me my love; will he give
Me heart's contentment, the end of sorrow,
Will he do that for me; will he do that?
...” — 2 people liked it

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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (Canongate Myths #6)

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