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Article: James Kelman (3).
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- The Review of Contemporary Fiction
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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As Ronnie walks the dog through Glasgow, stopping on his way at the pub (twice), on a park bench, and near the river Clyde, his thoughts range over the difficulty of explaining to Babs why he has bought the dog. He dreams of racing it, but recognizes at the same time the possible absurdity of his aspiration. His friends tease him about the purchase and his moodiness increases. After Ronnie's first encounter with friends at the pub, Kelman introduces a drowning motif to suggest different facets of his despair: in the park he worries that two boys in a paddleboat will capsize it and sink into a pond that has broken glass on its bottom; walking near the river he thinks over ...
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Article: [ BOOK REVIEWS: TRANSLATED ACCOUNTS by James Kelman ...
Evening Standard - London;
June 4, 2001 ;
700+ words
...TRANSLATED ACCOUNTS by James Kelman (Secker & Warburg, 15.99) Kelman's purification of prose TO put James Kelman in the category of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett would be only a slight overstatement. He is indivisible and unrepeatable ...
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