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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Page 118
... wife , uprooting chairs and wardrobes till the silence of exhaustion settled over the flats at about one in the morning . The next day his wife would descend the stair , her eyes black and blue , and say that she had stumbled at the ...
... wife , uprooting chairs and wardrobes till the silence of exhaustion settled over the flats at about one in the morning . The next day his wife would descend the stair , her eyes black and blue , and say that she had stumbled at the ...
Page 124
... wife . He drove on , accelerating past a smaller car and blaring his horn savagely . There was no space in this ... wife's face brightened . They stopped at the Admiral and were back home when the boy in the blue uniform with the yellow ...
... wife . He drove on , accelerating past a smaller car and blaring his horn savagely . There was no space in this ... wife's face brightened . They stopped at the Admiral and were back home when the boy in the blue uniform with the yellow ...
Page 135
... wife were sitting in the garden where there grew a lot of flowers , including poppies and forget - me - nots . She was sitting in the green shade of a tree . Because of the lack of water trees had to be imported , but Potiphar and his wife ...
... wife were sitting in the garden where there grew a lot of flowers , including poppies and forget - me - nots . She was sitting in the green shade of a tree . Because of the lack of water trees had to be imported , but Potiphar and his wife ...
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