Dance Of The Apprentices

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Edward Gaitens ISBN: 9781847675651
Publisher: Canongate Books Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edward Gaitens
ISBN: 9781847675651
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint:
Language: English

Introduced by James Campbell. Caught in the melting pot of social injustice, revolution, war, and pacifism, this powerful book gives a vivid account of the experiences and struggles of a Glasgow family from the First World War and into the Depression at the end of the Twenties. It is a story of Glasgow apprentices, their lives dignified with a desire for art and learning and the ideal of reforming the world. The book follows the fortunes of one particular family, the Macdonnels. The mother dreams of social success while struggling to raise her family and her ambitious husband out of slum life. But even at its saddest the humour of life flashes from every page in comic description and witty observation. ‘Quite simply the first great social critique of Glasgow in fiction.’ Books in Scotland

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Introduced by James Campbell. Caught in the melting pot of social injustice, revolution, war, and pacifism, this powerful book gives a vivid account of the experiences and struggles of a Glasgow family from the First World War and into the Depression at the end of the Twenties. It is a story of Glasgow apprentices, their lives dignified with a desire for art and learning and the ideal of reforming the world. The book follows the fortunes of one particular family, the Macdonnels. The mother dreams of social success while struggling to raise her family and her ambitious husband out of slum life. But even at its saddest the humour of life flashes from every page in comic description and witty observation. ‘Quite simply the first great social critique of Glasgow in fiction.’ Books in Scotland

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