The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories - Couverture souple

Dunn, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192825216 ISBN 13 : 9780192825216

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1996

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Review from previous edition Review from previous edition This is the most substantial anthology of short stories from Scotland to appear in some years, and as such should be welcomed ... a comprehensive overview of the development of the short story in Scotland. (The List)

Every story here, without exception, contains the verb to say. These stories embody the "speak" of those places which help to comprise the small but complex, multifarious nation we call ours. In this way they embellish the term Scottish in the volume's title, and help subtly to define it. (Stewart Conn, Scotland on Sunday)

It is a thorough, bread-and-butter summation of the best and the wisest, the most famous and the more cobwebbed exponents of the form. (Bella Bathurst, The Scotsman)

This enthralling anthology features Dunn's favourites and a fine lot they are. (Alan Bold, The Herald)

The great value of this anthology is that it shows us what we have been missing ... [Dunn's] introduction is fascinating and informative ... OUP has produced several anthologies of short stories based around culture or nationhood. This is a welcome and worthy addition to that series. (Sunderland Echo)

the rollcall of names in this collection is impressive (The Irish Times)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Douglas Dunn is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew's Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew's University. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981. He lives in Scotland. He was awarded an OBE in 2003. Dunn's first collection of poetry, Terry Street, was published by in 1969, and was awarded both a Scottish Arts Council Book Award and a Somerset Maugham Award. Love or Nothing (1974) was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Book Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1976. His other poetry books include St. Kilda's Parliament (1981), winner of the Hawthornden Prize in 1981, and the acclaimed Elegies (1985), winner of Whitbread Book of the Year. Secret Villages, a collection of short stories, was published in 1985. More recent publications include a collection of short stories, Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1995), and three poetry collections, including New Selected Poems 1964-2000 (2002).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0192825216
• ISBN 13: 9780192825216
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 504