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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... reason she remembered this . I hate the deaths of our island . There are too many . There are far too many deaths . Your loving son , KENNETH I do not understand your letter . Why this attack on Fiona ? No , I haven't seen her since ...
... reason she remembered this . I hate the deaths of our island . There are too many . There are far too many deaths . Your loving son , KENNETH I do not understand your letter . Why this attack on Fiona ? No , I haven't seen her since ...
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... reason that I or anyone else could offer . I had no clue as to what I was going to do with it . I couldn't offer it to anyone else , not even as a place for staying in , for no one would have made their home there as there was a ...
... reason that I or anyone else could offer . I had no clue as to what I was going to do with it . I couldn't offer it to anyone else , not even as a place for staying in , for no one would have made their home there as there was a ...
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... reason why the hut had been built in the first place . As long as the dancing took place in the open then one could see what was going on but when walls had been erected then privacy suitable for dalliance and immorality had been ...
... reason why the hut had been built in the first place . As long as the dancing took place in the open then one could see what was going on but when walls had been erected then privacy suitable for dalliance and immorality had been ...
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