A collection of stories that capture the unique voice and conflicted worldview offered by Scotland's up-and-coming writers
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<b>The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction</b> honors Scotland's explosive and innovative national literature with 47 of its finest representatives. <br><br>In addition to excerpts from writers such as Irvine Welsh (<b>Trainspotting</b>, <b>Marabou Stork Nightmares</b>) and James Kelman (<b>How Late It Was, How Late</b>), this vibrant collection includes voices new to the international scene. Alison Fell ignites the page with an art model's rant in "There's Tradition for You." Duncan Williamson reinvents a rural storytelling tradition in the poignant "Mary and the Seal." And in his brilliant introduction, editor Peter Kravitz explores Scottish writers' conflict with publishers at home and abroad--from critics who consider material "depraved" to typesetters who demand higher wages when working on pieces written by Scots.<br><br>Provocative, engrossing, and timely, <b>The Vintage Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction</b> celebrates nothing less than a literary revolution, in which the language and lifestyles of a generation of artists are making themselves known.
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