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21%OFFAlasdair Gray - Independence: An Argument for Home Rule - 9781782111696 - 9781782111696
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Independence: An Argument for Home Rule

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Description for Independence: An Argument for Home Rule paperback. A polemic on the case for Scottish independence by the writer, artist, thinker and cultural icon, Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 161.

Gray argues that a truly independent Scotland will only ever exist when people in every home, school, croft, farm, workshop, factory, island, glen, town and city feel that they too are at the centre of the world.

Independence asks whether widespread social welfare is more possible in small nations such as Norway and New Zealand than in big ones like Britain and the U.S.A. It describes the many differences between Scotland and England. It examines the people who choose to live north of the border. It shows Scotland's relevance to the rest of the world. It attempts to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782111696
SKU
9781782111696
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Alasdair Gray
Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, ... Read more

Reviews for Independence: An Argument for Home Rule
A necessary genius
ALI SMITH One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language
IRVINE WELSH A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today
WILL SELF If Scotland chooses independence, Gray will have been one of its unacknowledged legislators. He writes about his culture with universal resonance ... Read more

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