The Kiln - Couverture souple

Mcilvanney, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340657367 ISBN 13 : 9780340657362

Editeur : Sceptre, 1997

Synopsis

Alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh in the 1990s, Tom Docherty calls up the past like a necromancer, reliving the summer of 1955 - the summer of the kiln. Then he was seventeen, with school behind him, a holiday job at a Graithnock brick work, and his life before him. As he recalls the intellectual and sexual awakening of his youth and the paths he took as an adult, he discovers that only by understanding where he comes from can he make sense of his life. William McIlvanney portrays a man weighing up the balance of his life with unflinching honesty. It is a remarkable portrait, drawn with razor-sharp humour, wisdom and compassion by a masterful writer.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William McIlvanney is one of Scotland's foremost writers whose award-winning novels include LAIDLAW, DOCHERTY, which won the Whitbread Award for Fiction, THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH, THE BIG MAN, which was made into a film starring Liam Neeson, STRANGE LOYALTIES, and THE KILN. He has also published a volume of short stories, WALKING WOUNDED, three books of poetry and a collection of essays and journalism, SURVIVING THE SHIPWRECK. He lives in Glasgow.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340657367
• ISBN 13: 9780340657362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible