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Set in an unnamed place that appears to be under military rule, this novel comprises of various 'transcribed and/or translated' first-hand narratives of non-English speakers, reminiscent of accounts of incidents in Rwanda, Yugoslavia and even the Cultural Revolution in China. The fragmented, dream like episodes and the broken elegance of the language make 'Translated Accounts' a powerful and disconcerting read.
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James Kelman is one of the new, true masters of millennial English. --Russell Banks
It is a singular achievement that Kelman succeeds in so unsettling us, even as we make our well-intentioned attempts to decipher these texts. For this reason alone, 'Translated Accounts' is an important book... a masterpiece. --John Burnside, Independent
The examples of Beckett and Kafka are at work here. Kelman is one of their few English-speaking inheritors, and their bracing modernist presence reminds us that fiction can be more than parochial, more than glamorous literary noise, more than journalism. --Sean O' Brien, Sunday Times
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It is a singular achievement that Kelman succeeds in so unsettling us, even as we make our well-intentioned attempts to decipher these texts. For this reason alone, 'Translated Accounts' is an important book... a masterpiece. --John Burnside, Independent
The examples of Beckett and Kafka are at work here. Kelman is one of their few English-speaking inheritors, and their bracing modernist presence reminds us that fiction can be more than parochial, more than glamorous literary noise, more than journalism. --Sean O' Brien, Sunday Times
Formally groundbreaking and verbally dazzling, Translated Accounts is a work of compelling importance from a modern master.
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- PublisherPolygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1846970563
- ISBN 13 9781846970566
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- Number of pages352
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