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Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 1951-2012
Alasdair Gray
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Description for Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 1951-2012
Paperback. Includes sixteen tales that were published by in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1092.
The first sixteen tales in this collection were published by Canongate in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books, plus sixteen new ones written for the hardback publication of this collection. This last section, Tales Droll and Plausible, shows that Gray's recent twenty-first-century fiction is as uncomfortably funny and up to date as his earliest.
The first sixteen tales in this collection were published by Canongate in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books, plus sixteen new ones written for the hardback publication of this collection. This last section, Tales Droll and Plausible, shows that Gray's recent twenty-first-century fiction is as uncomfortably funny and up to date as his earliest.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857865618
SKU
V9780857865618
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About Alasdair Gray
Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. He died in ... Read more
Reviews for Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 1951-2012
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake.
Observer
A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today.
Will Self One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language.
Irvine Welsh A necessary genius.
Ali Smith A genuine experimentalist.
... Read more
Observer
A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today.
Will Self One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language.
Irvine Welsh A necessary genius.
Ali Smith A genuine experimentalist.
... Read more