The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Author: Peter Kravitz
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1999-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The anthology features such stories as James Kelman's The Busconductor Hines, on the life of a bus conductor in Glasgow, Alison Fell's There's Tradition for You, an art model's rant, and Duncan McLean's Hours of Darkness, the impact on a community of the arrival of a stranger.

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Author: Peter Kravitz
Publisher: Andesite Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-08-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781297513787

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction - Scholar's Choice Edition

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: Peter Kravitz
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781293991909

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction

The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Author: Peter Kravitz
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Adult
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1998
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 9780330335515

‘Usually in diaspora, the intelligence of the Scots is recognized worldwide. These stories show that this capacity is now flourishing at home’ Ross Leckie, The Times ‘There could be not be a more heartening showcase of talent. A showcase, incidentally, that will remind those in need of it that in the past few decades Scottish fiction has been creating some of the most powerful, vibrant writing to be found anywhere . . . It will be a hard-hearted reader who does not emerge with a profound respect forthe imagination and scope of contemporary Scottish writing’ Rosemary Goring, Scotland on Sunday ‘It always helps to know where the editorial line of an anthology is coming from. This one, I can guarantee you, comes straight from the horse’s mouth’ Jenny Turner, Independent on Sunday ‘English north of the border is displayed in an exhilarating diversity of timbre and voice, with little sign of a cultural cringe towards standardization’ Tom Deveson, Sunday Times

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction

The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction
Author: Dermot Bolger
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 608
Release: 1995-11-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Collects forty-six contemporary Irish short stories featuring contributions by notables including Mary Leland, William Trevor, Mary Dorcey, Patrick McCabe, and Brian Moore.

Transgressive Fiction

Transgressive Fiction
Author: R. Mookerjee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137341084

Often dismissed as sensationalist, transgressive fiction is a sophisticated movement with roots in Menippean satire and the Rabelaisian carnal folk sensibility praised by Bakhtin. This study, the first of its kind, provides a thorough literary background and analysis of key transgressive authors such as Acker, Amis, Carter, Ellis, and Palahniuk.

The Comforters

The Comforters
Author: Muriel Spark
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811222411

Spark’s mind-bogglingly stunning 1957 debut With easy, sunny eeriness, Spark lights up the darkest things: blackmail, a drowning, nervous breakdowns, a ring of smugglers, a loathsome busybody, a diabolic bookseller, human evil.

A People's History of Scotland

A People's History of Scotland
Author: Chris Bambery
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781682852

This corrective history of Scotland reveals the little-told stories of freedom fighters and suffragettes—offering a passionate case for Scottish Independence. A People’s History of Scotland looks beyond the kings and queens, the battles and bloody defeats of the past. It captures the history that matters today—stories of freedom fighters, suffragettes, the workers of Red Clydeside, and the hardship and protest of the treacherous Thatcher era. With riveting storytelling, Chris Bambery recounts the struggles for nationhood. He charts the lives of Scots who changed the world, as well as those who fought for the cause of ordinary people at home, from the poets Robbie Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid to campaigners such as John Maclean and Helen Crawfurd. This is a passionate cry for more than just independence but also for a nation based on social justice.

Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture

Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture
Author: J. Karnicky
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2007-03-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230603599

This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through reading novels by such writers as David Foster Wallace, Richard Powers, and Irvine Welsh, this book looks at how these works seek to transform the ways that readers live in the world.

No Great Mischief

No Great Mischief
Author: Alistair MacLeod
Publisher: Emblem Editions
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-01-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551995476

Alexander MacDonald guides us through his family’s mythic past as he recollects the heroic stories of his people: loggers, miners, drinkers, adventurers; men forever in exile, forever linked to their clan. There is the legendary patriarch who left the Scottish Highlands in 1779 and resettled in “the land of trees,” where his descendents became a separate Nova Scotia clan. There is the team of brothers and cousins, expert miners in demand around the world for their dangerous skills. And there is Alexander and his twin sister, who have left Cape Breton and prospered, yet are haunted by the past. Elegiac, hypnotic, by turns joyful and sad, No Great Mischief is a spellbinding story of family, loyalty, exile, and of the blood ties that bind us, generations later, to the land from which our ancestors came.