Product Description

From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story. Douglas Dunn's eclectic selection displays the marvellous range of Scottish story-telling, beginning with three early traditional tales, and including a wealth of writers from the last three centuries: amongst them Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. M. Barrie, Violet Jacob, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, and younger talents such as Ronald Frame, Janice Galloway, and A. L. Kennedy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #287945 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

About the Author
Douglas Dunn was born and brought up in Inchinnan in Renfrewshire. He has published nine collections of poems, including 'Elegies', which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and most recently, 'Dante's Drum-Kit'. He has published two collections of short stories, 'Secret Villages' and 'Boyfriends and Girlfriends', and edited 'The Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry' and 'Scotland: An Anthology'. He is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, and
Director of the St Andrews Scottish Studies Institute.

Customer Reviews

Deep and meaning full stories!
I have read some of the stories in this book and I have to say 'wow'. I mean for example 'The Tax Gatherer' by Neil Gunn! I think it speaks for itself because the author succeeded in raising the significance of the story beyond the level of a minor specific incident to convey a more universally relevant meaning. From the non-payment of a dog lisence to the biblical story of Jesus' crucifixtion being the reason for 'Tinks' being shunned from everywhere! To find out what I mean I recommend you read this book! well Neil Gunn's story at least!