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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 83
Page 53
... morning after the dance , the sickness in the bathroom under the hard early - morning light of the bulb , his refusal to get up the following morning for work ... She wondered if this young man drank . Probably not . There would be some ...
... morning after the dance , the sickness in the bathroom under the hard early - morning light of the bulb , his refusal to get up the following morning for work ... She wondered if this young man drank . Probably not . There would be some ...
Page 253
... morning - about six- I had an impulse to go on deck . I passed a steward in white as I walked , rather unsteadily , down the corridor in that sort of sick smell one gets on board ship . The morning was chill , with much sea stretching ...
... morning - about six- I had an impulse to go on deck . I passed a steward in white as I walked , rather unsteadily , down the corridor in that sort of sick smell one gets on board ship . The morning was chill , with much sea stretching ...
Page 282
... morning , with a hollow in the pit of my stomach . This morning however I felt at ease as if in tune with the day which was coming into being like a poem into a poet's mind . And I thought : what a miracle light is . What would happen ...
... morning , with a hollow in the pit of my stomach . This morning however I felt at ease as if in tune with the day which was coming into being like a poem into a poet's mind . And I thought : what a miracle light is . What would happen ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
anyway appeared asked beautiful began believe blue brother called church coming couldn't course dark dead didn't don't door dream drink eyes face fact father feel felt front girl give green hair hand happened Harry head hear heard imagine It's John knew laughed leave letter light listened live looked married mean mind morning mother moved never night noticed once passed past perhaps play reason remember road round seemed seen shouted showed side sitting sometimes speak standing stone stood stopped stories strange suppose sure talk tell thin things thought told took trying turned understand village voice waiting walked watching wearing wife window woman wonder write young