Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
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    Oct-2006 (Hardcover)
    Aug-2007 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    173
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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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    • Aug-2007
    • Vintage
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    • ISBN: 0676978746
    • ISBN13: 9780676978742
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    • ISBN: 1841959618
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    • ISBN: 178689453X
    • ISBN13: 9781786894533
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    • Canongate Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1841958425
    • ISBN13: 9781841958422
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    • Knopf (Canada)
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    • ISBN: 0676978738
    • ISBN13: 9780676978735
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    • Aug-2007
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    • ISBN: 1841958239
    • ISBN13: 9781841958231
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    • May-2014
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    • ISBN: 085786565X
    • ISBN13: 9780857865656
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    • Jan-2012
    • Canongate Books
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    • ISBN: 1847673996
    • ISBN13: 9781847673992
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    • Jan-2012
    • Canongate U.S.
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    • Jan-2012
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    • ISBN13: 9780307367334
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    • Jun-2012
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    • Audible
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    • Oct-2006
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1423321022
    • ISBN13: 9781423321026
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    • Oct-2006
    • Brilliance Audio
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    • ISBN: 0753177188
    • ISBN13: 9780753177181
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    • Sep-2007
    • ISIS Large Print Books
    • Paperback
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    • ISBN13: 9780753177198
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