That was a shiver
Subtitle: and other stories
By: James Kelman
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781786890900
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Families; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Intimate new stories from the Booker Prize-winning James Kelman, bringing 'alive a human consciousness like no other writer can'. A trucker passes through a town he used to know and a local tries to sell him his sister; a couple put their children to bed and hear a loud scratching at the wall; a Principal and his associate examine the dead body before them; a man looks into a mirror and reflects on becoming more like his father. Sparky, touching and brilliantly daring, these stories reveal profound human feeling in the ordinary and the everyday, and are a reminder of Kelman's exceptional talent.
Table of contents: title: Oh the days ahead --; title: The cartwheels of life --; title: Clinging on --; title: This has no title --; title: The state of Elixirism --; title: (Tzekovitz was Another) --; title: Pick up the pieces --; title: A friend --; title: One has one's weans --; title: Bringing her to the library --; title: Did the Pixie speak? --; title: Volcanic matters --; title: The principal's decision --; title: Words and things to sip --; title: Human resources tract 2: Our hope in playing the rules --; title: The twitch --; title: Untethered --; title: The truth that Timmy knew --; title: Out there --; title: God looks down --; title: Back in that town --; title: A night at the theatre --; title: Items precarious --; title: That was a shiver.