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The Burn (short Stories)
''The Burn'' is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman first published in 1991. References Short story collections by James Kelman 1991 short story collections Secker & Warburg books {{1990s-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kelman
James Kelman (born 9 June 1946) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His novel '' A Disaffection'' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with ''How Late It Was, How Late''. In 1998, Kelman was awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award. His 2008 novel ''Kieron Smith, Boy'' won both of Scotland's principal literary awards: the Saltire Society Literary Awards, Saltire Society's Book of the Year and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards, Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year. Life and work Born in Glasgow, Kelman says: My own background is as normal or abnormal as anyone else's. Born and bred in Govan and Drumchapel, inner city tenement to the housing scheme homeland on the outer reaches of the city. Four brothers, my mother a full time parent, my father in the picture framemaking and gilding t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By James Kelman
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