Tento škótsky literát, píšuci po anglicky a po škótsky gaelky, sa preslávil svojou poéziou, poviedkami a románmi. Jeho dielo sa často zaoberá témami identity, jazyka a stretom tradície s modernitou. Smith majstrovsky zachytáva vnútorný život svojich postáv a krásu i drsnosť škótskej krajiny. Jeho jedinečný hlas rezonuje v literatúre oboch jazykov, ktorými písal.
Set during the Highland Clearances, this novel focuses on the eviction of an old woman from her croft. Betrayed by the Church, she finds comfort from an unlikely source, as she recalls her life in flashbacks, she is forced to make a painful, but honest reappraisal of her entire world.
The first Selected since 1985 and the poet's death, this looks afresh at the work of one of Scotland's best loved writers and one of the original Penguin Modern Poets.