La distintiva voz literaria de James Kelman emerge directamente de su propio trasfondo y comunidad. Es célebre por su uso de monólogos internos en primera persona, escritos en una prosa minimalista que captura auténticamente los ritmos y patrones de habla del habla de Glasgow. Este compromiso de escribir desde su experiencia sociocultural ha influido profundamente en generaciones posteriores de novelistas escoceses. El estilo innovador de Kelman y su dedicación a representar a su propio pueblo han cimentado su importancia en la literatura contemporánea.
A collection of essays in which the author deals with a wide range of issues literary, artistic, political and philosophical - Russian writers who influenced him, the lives of the Impressionists, Chomsky's key role in 20th- century thinking, the Caribbean Artists' Movement, and the struggling Scottish steel industry.
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, and all who are deemed of “a lower order.” Drawing parallels between atrocities committed against the Kurds by the Turkish State, and the racist police brutality, and government sanctioned murders in the UK, James Kelman shatters the myth of Western exceptionalism, revealing the universality of terror campaigns levied against the most vulnerable, and calling on a global citizenship to stand in solidarity with victims of oppression. Kelman’s case against the Turkish and British governments is not just a litany of murders, or an impassioned plea—it is a cool-headed take down of the State and an essential primer for revolutionaries.
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, now I shall move on.' James Kelman here offers something of why a book such of this is in front of the public. The State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn 'the truth.' But whether we can or not is beside 'the point.' Finally, there is no 'point.' We must grasp the nettle, we assume control and go forward. Kelman says, 'I wanted to convey some of that sensibility with the idea of being in conversation with Noam Chomsky, of being in his presence, a sort of seminar. It is not influence. I dont see it as 'being influenced' by Chomsky. He belongs to the great tradition of teaching, of learning. We learn from him through what he does.' At its core, this exhilarating collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence - spanning the years 1988 through 2018, and reaching back a decade or more previous - is about the simple concept that ideas matter. And not only that ideas matter. But that ideasin this case, through the lens of two engaged intellectualsmutate, inform, inspire, and ultimately provide more fuel for thought, the actions that follow such thought, and for carrying on, and doing the work
Passionate, exhilarating and darkly humorous, "The Burn" is an extraordinary collection of short stories by a master of paranoia and an unsurpassed prose stylist.
Set among the tenements and bedsits of Glasgow, this title presents a collection of short stories which throw light on the exploits of young and old.
Kieron Smith, feeling rejected by his brother and overlooked by his parents, seeks solace in his grandparents' home. However, after moving to a new housing scheme outside Glasgow, he faces challenges in adapting to his unfamiliar surroundings and the loss of his close-knit community.
Tammas, a 20-year-old Glaswegian, is a loner and a compulsive gambler. Betting gives him as good a chance as any of discovering what he really seeks from life, since society offers him no prospect of a better alternative. James Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize for "How Late it Was, How Late".
The majority of the 18 stories in A Lean Third have been substantially revised by the author, making these new versions of great interest to academics and fans alike. Of particular note is a 3000 word afterword, written especially for this edition. The author gives revealing insights into the background of many of the stories and his lifestyle at the time of writing. A fascinating and essential new edition.
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, and survive in an unwelcoming and often comic world. Keep Moving and No Questions is a collection of the finest examples of Kelman's facility with dialog, stream of conscious narrative, and sharp cultural observation. Class is always central in these brief glimpses of men abiding the hands they've been dealt. An ideal introduction to Kelman's work and a wonderful edition for fans and Kelman completionists, this lovely vollume will make clear why James Kelman is known as the greatest living modernist writer.
Not Not While the Giro is James Kelman's first major collection of short stories originally published by Polygon in 1983. The reader follows the lives of young men, social misfits, whose lives are spent waiting waiting for their next giro or menial job in the pub, the dole office, the snooker table and the greyhound track. This collection, written with irony and great tenderness, confirmed James Kelman's status as one of the most significant writers in the UK, and remains as powerful, relevant and truthful as it was in the early 1980s. -- Amazon.com
