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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams

by Alexander Mcc Smith

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From the beloved, bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful addition to the Myths series.

Dream Angus is one of the earliest of the Celtic deities, and one of the most beloved. Angus comes bounding over the heather with his bag of dreams to dispense to those who want them. He is lithe of foot and beautiful - as befits one who is also the Celtic Eros, the god of love, youth and beauty.

Angus is a playful trickster, given to frightening people and cattle. He will reveal to you in a dream your true love, if asked, and if in the mood. He is a romantic, and one of the main stories associated with him is his search for the young woman who had appeared to him in his dreams. Eventually he finds her, but she is under a spell which makes her assume the shape of a bird for a year. Angus changes himself into a swan and the two lovers fly off together.

In McCall Smith's inimitable retelling of the myth, the setting is twentieth century Scotland. Angus is a psychotherapist who helps people understand their dreams, but there are limits to what he can reveal. Mesmerically weaving the modern day with the tales of the Celtic god, Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality, leaving us to wonder: what is life, but the pursuit of our dreams?

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The bestselling author of the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series unites dreams and reality, leaving readers to wonder: what is life, but the pursuit of our dreams?

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“Elegant . . . Spare, polished . . . Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes.” —Publishers Weekly

The latest addition to the Myths series from Canongate, now available in paperback, is a beguiling tale from the beloved author of the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Angus is one of the earliest Celtic deities and one of the most cherished to this day. Like an even more handsome combination of Apollo and Eros, he is the god of love, youth, and beauty. Just the sight of him has made people fall in love, and he has the power to reveal a person’s true love in a dream, if asked politely. Alexander McCall Smith has turned his renowned storytelling talents to crafting irresistible stories from this ancient myth. Five exquisite contemporary fables of love lost and found unfold alongside Angus’s search for the beautiful Caer, the swan maiden he met in his dreams. McCall Smith unites reality and dreams, today and the ancient past, mesmerizingly, leaving the reader to wonder: what is life but the pursuit of dreams?

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harmonicus, April 9, 2008 (view all comments by harmonicus)
This book is a pleasant and quick read, but I'll stay away from the Canongate Myths series if the other titles in the series miss the mark the way this novel does. Taken on its own terms, it is a diverting and entertaining collection of loosely connected short stories. Perhaps, retelling myth is an impossibly self conscious task. Or, perhaps, the transitions from the myth sections, that read like a childrens' book, to modern romance and matrimonial discord are just too jarring. Or, perhaps, this is the best result of a publisher's contrived attempt at marketing by having famous authors write quick, insubstantial pieces based on romantic material.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781847670151
Subtitle:
The Celtic God of Dreams
Author:
Smith, Alexander Mcc
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander
Publisher:
Conongate Us
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Folklore
Subject:
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
173
Dimensions:
7.66x5.12x.51 in. .43 lbs.
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