Word Jig : New Fiction from Scotland

by Carter, Marie; Hendry, Joy

• ISBN13: 9781931236263
• ISBN10: 1931236267
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Small Pr Distribution

Summary

Fiction. Innovative stories by Michel Faber, Margaret Elphinstone, Ali Smith, Andrew Greig, Linda Cracknell, Christopher Whyte and 20 other outstanding Scottish contemporary writers, with points of reference ranging from Scott Fitzgerald to Eminem. "In WORD JIG there's the smoke and peat of the Glens, the pungency of urban Lowlands and badlands, the sea-tang of Orkney: Scottish writing has the power to lull dreams into life, and rub salt in wounds...From hillwalking to Trainspotting, WORD JIG gathers the best of recent Scottish writing"--Chris Dolan.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Preface	p. 15
The Universal Story	p. 21
Meat	p. 30
Picking Over the Bones	p. 41
Walking Songs	p. 46
To Loren	p. 48
The House on Rue St. Jacques	p. 50
Kings of the Dark House	p. 60
Vanilla-Bright Like Eminem	p. 78
The Stone	p. 84
Death	p. 85
Dali	p. 87
Nineteen Things I Remember About the West End of Glasgow	p. 98
The Other	p. 107
Ammonia in Orkney	p. 123
Castle Byke	p. 136
Warm Rain and Plastic Roses	p. 147
The Waters of Ulhava	p. 151
The Hanged Man	p. 156
Thrimilce, Glasgow	p. 157
Shaman in Strath Ossian	p. 158
January Soup	p. 159
Shaman's Way with Pastry	p. 160
Gifted	p. 161
A Bird in the Hand	p. 165
Cat! Cat!	p. 173
Cup and Ring	p. 181
Prayer	p. 190
Foreign Soil	p. 191
Dispossessed By Rain	p. 192
Invisible Partners	p. 193
The Man Called Lockerbie	p. 201
Buddha Da	p. 209
The Boy	p. 223
Beneath the Coat Pile	p. 231
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