The Penguin book of Scottish short stories
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The Penguin book of Scottish short stories
(Penguin books)(Penguin fiction)
Penguin, 2011, c1970
- : pbk
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The Penguin book of Scottish short stories : George Mackay Brown, Muriel Spark, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Robin Jenkins, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison
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"Reissued in this edition 2011"--T.p. verso
Contents of Works
- The story of Jorkel Hayforks / George Mackay Brown
- Out of hand / Elspeth Davie
- The money / Ian Hamilton Finlay
- The potato planters and the old joiner's funeral / Ian Hamilton Finlay
- The devil and the deep blue sea / J.A. Ford
- A wee nip / Edward Gaitens
- Smeddum / Lewis Grassic Gibbon
- Mirahuano / R.B. Cunninghame-Graham
- The old man / Neil M. Gunn
- Choice / Margaret Hamilton
- Vocation / Dorothy K. Haynes
- The caves of Altamira / J.F. Hendry
- Christian justice / Robin Jenkins
- Sealskin trousers / Eric Linklater
- A house in Sicily / Neil McCallum
- A trifle unnecessary / Moray McLaren
- Mithras, my saviour / Naomi Mitchison
- Scotch settlement / Neil Paterson
- The house of the famous poet / Muriel Spark
- Elephants, bairns and old men / Fred Urquhart
Description and Table of Contents
Description
'In this collection the heretical principle has been adopted that if a writer is Scots, something of the Scottish spirit must inevitably emerge from his work.'
In the twenty stories collected here we are given a multi-faceted view of Scotland, the Scots and the Scottish short story. With stories ranging from Roman Britain through the trials of those at home during the Second World War to a country and people determined to assert their independence.
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