If It Is Your Life

First edition (publ. Hamish Hamilton)

If it is your life is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 2010.[1][2][3][4][5]

Critical reception

Writing in the Glasgow Herald, Rosemary Goring notes that "It is a tour de force from a writer who treats language as carefully as if it were gold, and ends up turning it into something even more precious".[5]

References

  1. ^ Tayler, Christopher (17 April 2010). "If it is your life by James Kelman". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ^ Robson, David (18 April 2010). "If It Is Your Life by James Kelman: review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ^ Kovesi, Simon (23 April 2010). "If It Is Your Life, By James Kelman". The Independent. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Book review: If It Is Your Life, James Kelman". The Scotsman. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b Goring, Rosemary (30 March 2010). "James Kelman: If It Is Your Life". The Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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Works by James Kelman
Novels
Short story collections
  • Not Not While The Giro (1983)
  • Greyhound for Breakfast (1988)
  • The Good Times (1998)
  • The Burn (1991)
  • If It Is Your Life (2010)
Essays
  • Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime: Why Ideas Matter (2021)


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