Søkt på: Bøker av James Kelman
totalt 26 treff
A Disaffection
The central character of this novel is Patrick Duffy, a 29-year-old teacher in a comprehensive school. Disaffected, frustrated and bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, …
The History of Banking: A Comprehensive Reference Source & Guide
Keep Moving And No Questions
James Kelman's inimitable voice brings the stories of lost men to light in these twenty one tales of down on their luck antiheroes who wander, drink, hatch plans, ponder existence, …
Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime
'The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, …
Best British Short Stories 2017
The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its …
State is Your Enemy
Incendiary and heartrending, the sixteen essays in The State is Your Enemy lay bare government brutality against the working class, immigrants, asylum-seekers, ethnic minorities, …
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena
Jack Proctor, a celebrated older writer and curmudgeon, goes off to residency where he is to be an honored part of teaching and giving public readings, he soon finds the atmosphere …
That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories
SHORTLISTED FOR SALTIRE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE, 2018A local tries to sell his sister to a trucker as he passes through town; a couple put …
How Late It Was, How Late
One Sunday morning in Glasgow, shoplifting ex-con Sammy awakens in an alley, wearing another man's shoes and trying to remember his two-day drinking binge. He gets in a scrap with …
The State Is Your Enemy
Incendiary and heartrending, the sixteen essays in The State Is the Enemy lay bare government brutality against the working class, immigrants, asylum-seekers, ethnic minorities, …
Mo Said She Was Quirky
James Kelman, the Man Booker Prize–winning author of How Late It Was, How Late, tells the story of Helen—a sister, a mother, a daughter—a very ordinary young woman. Her boyfriend …