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eBook, 2008
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eBook, 2008
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This "terrific collection" presents the beloved Scottish author's complete short stories, plus 14 new tales of bracing honesty and mordant wit ( The Times , UK).
A twice-married mother of seven, Agnes Owens had worked for years as a house cleaner, typist, and factory worker before being discovered in a small-town writing workshop. Her first story, "Arabella," announced her great talent to her three instructors: Liz Lochhead, Alasdair Gray, and Jim Kelman. Many more stories followed, filling the now-classic volumes Gentlemen of the West , Lean Tales , and People Like That .
This collection presents the complete contents of those books, plus fourteen previously unpublished stories, presented under the collective title The Dark Side . Owens' talent for pithy, unsettling tales is as sharp as ever, confirming her place as one of Scotland's finest contemporary writers.
"Owens is a gentle writer with a slicing with . . . honest and unaffected." -- Sunday Times , UK
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