Beside the Ocean of Time

Beside the Ocean of Time (1994) is a novel by Scottish writer George Mackay Brown. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and judged Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire Society.^[1] The plot follows Thorfinn Ragnarson from the imaginary island of Norday in Orkney in the 1930s.^[2] The son of a tenant farmer, he regularly daydreams about historical fantasies. After foreseeing his own future, he begins to see a correlation between history, daydreaming and fate.^[3]

Beside the Ocean of Time

First edition
Author	George Mackay Brown
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	John Murray
Publication date	1994
Publication place	Scotland
Pages	217
ISBN	1-896209-12-2
OCLC	31767769