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The Story of Stone
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James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create. This collection of nearly a hundred pieces of very short...
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The Story of Stone
James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create.
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Description
James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create.
This collection of nearly a hundred pieces of very short fiction spans five decades and reveals James Kelman's mastery of the form. As ever, Kelman insists on his characters telling their stories in their own voices, whether in working-class Glaswegian dialect or the dull menace of bureaucratic babble.
Everyday tragedy and bleak humour colour these marvels of narrative efficiency, yet at their core they are tender and full of human truth.
The Story of Stone offers a unique and profound insight into life through its diverse and authentic collection of voices.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798887441061
Publisher: PM Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 April 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: PM Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
James Kelman was born in Glasgow, June 1946, and left school in 1961. He began work in the printing trade then moved around, working in various jobs in various places. He was living in England when he started writing: ramblings, musings, sundry phantasmagoria. He committed to it and kept at it. In 1969 he met and married Marie Connors from South Wales. They settled in Glasgow and still live in the dump, not far from their kids and grandkids. He still plugs away at the ramblings, musings, politicking and so on, supported by the same lady.
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