Riconosciuto come uno dei più grandi scrittori scozzesi, Jenkins è autore di numerosi romanzi fondamentali. La sua opera esplora costantemente temi profondi come il bene contro il male, la perdita dell'innocenza, la frode, la crudeltà e la redenzione. Le sue narrazioni sono spesso ricche di ambiguità, raramente essendo esattamente ciò che sembrano inizialmente. Jenkins, attraverso il suo stile distintivo, ha creato storie profondamente risonanti che esplorano le complessità della condizione umana.
Set in a small Spanish seaside town, this work includes many personalities: twins Jonathan and Maddy Braxmead, unsure of their creative talents and in crisis; John Lynedoch, an aggressive, working-class Glaswegian painter; beautiful Barcelona student, Montserrat, who arouses ferocious jealousy, and her brother, a well-known Catalan patriot.
Hugh Carstares, badly wounded in the war that cost him his wife, seemed to himself and to his superiors in the forestry service only the burnt out wreck of a hero.
Renowned for exploring complex themes such as good versus evil, innocence lost, and the nuances of human nature, Jenkins' novels are marked by their ambiguity and depth. His body of work, which includes notable titles like The Cone Gatherers and Guests of War, showcases a profound understanding of fraudulence, cruelty, and redemption. Starting his literary career at thirty-eight, he published over thirty novels by the time of his passing in 2005, solidifying his status as one of Scotland's greatest writers.
The modern Scottish classic; a heartbreaking, tragic portrait of an unexpected relationship. Introduced by Andrew Marr
Set in Afghanistan, this novel features Abdul Wahab, an Afghan science teacher, eagerly anticipating the arrival of his British fiancee, Laura Johnstone. Prince Naim sees the marriage as a symbol of a successful union between East and West, and in his hurry to cement this union, promotes Abdul into a position of power he is far from ready for.
Poor Angus centres round a struggling painter, Angus McAllister, who has returned to the seemingly idyllic Hebridean island of his birth in the hope that it will inspire him to create his masterpiece. His privacy is invaded by Janet, a visitor with relatives on the island. schovat popis
From his origins as an illegitimate child in the slums of Glasgow, Fergus Lamont sets out to reclaim his inheritance and to remake his identity as soldier, poet and would-be aristocrat.
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL NEVER RESTED: IN THE WORLD, AND IN EVERY HUMAN BEING, IT WENT ON
Sollas, a remote island off Scotland's west coast with a well-known religious history has been invaded by a group of Christian sectarians who claim a right to live and pay reverence at the famous stone where St Solla landed and which formed the centre of their ancestors' worship.
When the beautiful pearl-fisher, Effie Williamson, arrives in a rural Scottish village, with her grandparents and siblings, the residents react in many different ways. When the religious, gentle Gavin Hamilton takes the family into his home, a difficult love blossoms gradually between Effie and Gavin under the scrutiny of the watchful locals.