麻豆约拍

Cathy Macdonald visits Argyll where Robin Jenkins set his classic novel, The Cone-Gatherers. The book centres around two brothers collecting cones for woodland regeneration during World War Two and their difficult and ever-deteriorating relationship with the estate gamekeeper. It鈥檚 a powerful story of love and hate, contentment and envy, nature and conflict, class and power.

Cathy explores the facts behind the fiction. She looks into the themes in the book, where it might have been set and why, and finds out about the process of and reasons for cone-gathering 鈥� then and now.

Tha Cathy Dh貌mhnallach an Earra-gh脿idheal, far an do st猫idhich Robin Jenkins a leabhar, 鈥� The Cone Gatherers鈥�. Aig 脿m an Dara Cogaidh tha dithis bhr脿ithrean a鈥檆ruinneachadh dhuircean giuthais airson coilltean a鈥檒eudachadh: tha an nobhail a鈥檚ealltainn mar a tha m矛-ghean a鈥檉脿s eatorra fh猫in is geamair na h-oighreachd. St貌raidh l脿idir de ghaol is gr脿in, sonas is eud, n脿dar is c貌mhstr矛, inbhe is cumhachd.

Tha Cathy a鈥檒org na f矛rinn air c霉l na sge貌il. Tha i a鈥檆oimhead cuspairean an leabhair, c脿ite an robh e st猫idhichte agus carson ann a shin, agus gheibh i mach carson agus ciamar a bha daoine a鈥檆ruinneachadh nan duircean giuthais aig an 脿m 鈥� agus a bheil iad ris fhathast.

In Gaelic with English subtitles