James Kelman

James Kelman

(1946) novelist United Kingdom

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James Kelman (born 1946) was a United Kingdom novelist, known for A Disaffection.

About James Kelman

James Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction and short stories feature accounts of internal mental processes of usually, but not exclusively, working-class narrators and their labyrinthine struggles with authority or social interactions, mostly set in his home city of Glasgow. Frequently employing stream of consciousness experimentation, Kelman's stories typically feature "an atmosphere of gnarling paranoia, imprisoned minimalism, the boredom of survival."

Known for:

A Disaffection

Notable works:

How late it was, how late

Awards:

Booker Prize|James Tait Black Memorial Prize|Cheltenham Prize for Literature|Saltire Awards

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