Agnes Owens (Libri)

Agnes Owens Libri

Agnes Owens è stata un'autrice scozzese la cui opera si addentra nelle profondità dell'esperienza umana con incrollabile onestà. Con occhio attento, cattura le crude realtà della vita, esplorando temi di resilienza e ricerca dell'identità. Il suo stile è spesso descritto come grintoso e diretto, ma allo stesso tempo intriso di un profondo senso di compassione. Owens offre ai lettori una prospettiva unica sulla vita che è sia stimolante che profondamente umana.

Lean tales

288pagine
11 ore di lettura

Each selection of stories is preceded by a detailed portrait, drawn by Gray, above a reproduction of the writer's signature. The collection ends, as do so many of Gray's books, with a chapter detailing how the book got written. Postscript is a detailed memoir of Gray and Kelman, among others, attending Philip Hobsbaum's writing group in the 70s and their friendship with Agnes Owens. Gray had agreed to produce another collection of short stories, but didn't have enough written to fill a book on his own. So he used his position to help friends that he thoughts deserved the boost of publication by a major London-based publishing house. His decision has since been vindicated and the collection is seen as an early display of three talents that would be of great importance to the boom in Scottish writing in the late-80s/early-90s. Owens has since had several well-received novels published and Kelman has won the Booker prize.

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