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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... talk . It was , if I may say so myself , a brilliant talk for in those days I was full of ideas . It was also very witty . People came and congratulated me afterwards as people do . I arrived home at one o'clock in the morning . When I ...
... talk . It was , if I may say so myself , a brilliant talk for in those days I was full of ideas . It was also very witty . People came and congratulated me afterwards as people do . I arrived home at one o'clock in the morning . When I ...
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... talking . ' Nowadays they talk of their military experience and of women and of drink - but do we find these in Sophocles ? No , we don't . That's what we must understand - what did make the Greeks great ? He lived till he was ninety ...
... talking . ' Nowadays they talk of their military experience and of women and of drink - but do we find these in Sophocles ? No , we don't . That's what we must understand - what did make the Greeks great ? He lived till he was ninety ...
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... talk about the tricks he used to play on the village people , like the time he put a crab on Roddy's chair . These were the vain things he would talk about but of course he didn't know then that he was dying . We should always remember ...
... talk about the tricks he used to play on the village people , like the time he put a crab on Roddy's chair . These were the vain things he would talk about but of course he didn't know then that he was dying . We should always remember ...
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