365

365

by James Robertson
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/11/2014

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365 is James Robertson's innovative collection of 365 stories, each 365 words long.


In 2013, James Robertson wrote a story every day. Each was exactly 365 words long. A year later, on a daily basis, the stories were published on the Five Dials website. Now the 365 stories are gathered together in one volume. Some draw on elements of ancient myth and legend, others are outtakes from Scottish history and folklore; there are squibs and satires, songs and ballads in disguise, fairytales, stories inspired by dreams or in the form of interviews, and personal memories and observations.

Underpinning all of them are vital questions: Who are we? What are we doing here? What happens next?


'Wow. James Robertson wrote a 365-word short story each day in 2013. They'll be posted throughout 2014' Ian Rankin, via Twitter


'A great storyteller' The Times


'One of Britain's best contemporary novelists' Irvine Welsh, Guardian


James Robertson is the author of five novels, The Professor of Truth, And the Land Lay Still, The Testament of Gideon Mack, Joseph Knight and The Fanatic. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and selected for Richard and Judy's Book Club the following year. Joseph Knight was the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year in 2003 and And the Land Lay Still was recipient of the same prize in 2010.

ISBN:
9780241970607
9780241970607
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-11-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
James Robertson

James Robertson was born in Scotland in 1958. He is the author of The Testament of Gideon Mack and And the Land Lay Still, among other novels, and has won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award twice. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.

Robertson is also the author of four short-story collections, most recently 365: Stories, as well as poetry collections and children's books in both English and Scots.

He runs the independent publishing house Kettillonia and also co-founded the Scots language children's books imprint Itchy Coo.

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