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And the Judges Said...

And the Judges Said...

by JamesKelman (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

James Kelman has long been regarded as one of the finest writers of fiction in the world. In this brilliant collection of essays he deals with matters literary, artistic, political and philosophical. In the essay ' "And the Judges Said..." ' Kelman outlines some of the influences that led him to create literary art, from the music he heard as a teenager to American and Russian writers, to the lives of the Impressionists. Elsewhere he looks at the role of elitism in literature, the central importance of Chomsky's work in twentieth-century thought and the work of the Caribbean Artists Movement. There are essays on the struggle to save the steel industry in Scotland and on the situation of the Kurds in Turkey; at the core of the collection is an extended essay on Franz Kafka.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0099421844
ISBN 13: 9780099421849
Book Overview: Informed by thoughtful reading and experience, infused by satirical humour' The Times

Media Reviews
Kelman is simply incomparable. -- Independent
A writer of vast and original talent. -- Sunday Times
Kelman is simply incomparable. -- Independent
A writer of vast and original talent. -- Sunday Times
Kelman is simply incomparable. -- Independent
A writer of vast and original talent. -- Sunday Times
Author Bio
James Kelman was born in Glasgow in 1946. A Disaffection won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, which he won in 1994 for How late it was, how late. His most recent novel, Translated Accounts, was published by Secker in 2001.