The Red Door: The Complete English Short Stories, 1949-76Although best known as one of Scotland's greatest modern poets, Iain Crichton Smith was also prolific as a writer of short stories. These pieces form a central part of his oeuvre, demonstrating the full range and versatility of his literary talent. From humor to tragedy, from inner monologues to extrovert surrealism, the diversity of his writing indicates the extraordinary range of his own reading and vivid mental world. Crichton Smith wrote short stories throughout his life. Some are vignettes, others novellas, and the best of them show him to be an author of unique sensitivity and intelligence. This book is part of a two-volume collection, comprising the complete English stories, including a large number that have never previously been published in book form, as well as others that have been out of print for many years, thus making it possible to judge Crichton Smith's achievement as a writer in full |
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... couldn't bring himself to say that her child would be a Catholic . She couldn't stop herself . ' I thought a scientist wouldn't care for these things . I thought a scientist would be unprejudiced . ' He smiled grimly . " That's the kind ...
... couldn't bring himself to say that her child would be a Catholic . She couldn't stop herself . ' I thought a scientist wouldn't care for these things . I thought a scientist would be unprejudiced . ' He smiled grimly . " That's the kind ...
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... couldn't stand the dirt and I couldn't stand all that dying . What do I live on ? I eat rabbits , anything I can find . One morning , you see , I ran away . I didn't know where I was going . But I knew that I couldn't stay there any ...
... couldn't stand the dirt and I couldn't stand all that dying . What do I live on ? I eat rabbits , anything I can find . One morning , you see , I ran away . I didn't know where I was going . But I knew that I couldn't stay there any ...
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... couldn't see . ' Don't you see that ? ' she said so suddenly and with such violence that he nearly swerved off the road . ' I couldn't help what happened , ' he said , feeling stubborn- ness settling within him like a stone . ' I didn't ...
... couldn't see . ' Don't you see that ? ' she said so suddenly and with such violence that he nearly swerved off the road . ' I couldn't help what happened , ' he said , feeling stubborn- ness settling within him like a stone . ' I didn't ...
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