Viewing his own country as irreversibly tainted with sin and beyond salvation, a young Scottish minister takes his sermons and prayers into deepest Africa, where he believes he will find an untouched and innocent population poised for the blessings of the Lord.
Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn (English & Scots: Iain Crichton Smith was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages. He is known for poetry, short stories and novels.
He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the isle of Lewis at the age of two, where he and his two brothers were brought up by their widowed mother in the small crofting town of Bayble, which also produced Derick S. Thomson. Educated at the University of Aberdeen, Crichton Smith took a degree in English, and after serving in the National Service Army Education Corps, went on to become a teacher.
Scéal maith sáite i gcumadóireacht Mhic Ghabhann ach tá cuma beag curtha air in aice leis na mórshaothair a dtéann i ngleic le chúrsaí chreidimh i ‘Consider The Lillies’ agus sárléiriú an choimhthíos san ‘Aonaran’.