{"product_id":"broken-lights","title":"Broken Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoems and Reminiscences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the 7th January, 1888, a young Shetlander, resident in Edinburgh, died of tuberculosis at the age of 26.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBehind him he left an extraordinary legacy - a notebook filled with poems, of which only a few had been published. Many were in English and Scots, and these unveiled his profound talent. But there was also a set of poems in Shetland's own dialect, which proved a revelation. Rarely, if ever, had the language been used in print with such surety, strength and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamed Shetland novelist and poet Jessie Saxby was asked by Anderson's family to edit his works for publication, and the result was one of the key books in the history of Shetland's literature. \u003cem\u003eBroken Lights\u003c\/em\u003e collected not only 58 of Basil Ramsay Anderson's poetical works, but also included extracts from his personal letters, tributes from family, friends and literary associates, and a glossary of Shetland terms which was among the first of its kind. It is reprinted here in its entirety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasil Ramsay Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Jessie E Saxby\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e217 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shetland Times Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39357659054150,"sku":"978-0-6489204-7-2","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2996\/3458\/products\/BrokenLights.jpg?v=1623398116","url":"https:\/\/www.openbookcoffee.live\/products\/broken-lights","provider":"The Shetland Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}