Things Written Randomly in Doubt by Allan Cameron
A miscellaneous work consisting of three sections: aphorisms, essays and poetry. It deals with Scottish independence, the arts, religion, class in modern Britain, and host of other issues. Some overlap between the subject matter in the three sections, so the different approaches produce slightly different understandings.
- there is - in Cameron's work, a lingering spirituality, a faith that the something soulful and significant is present in the everyday, in the ordinary 'heroism of mortals' he writes ofOn occasion this takes the form of scepticism about science's claim to be able to quantify and explain all experience. Like the philosopher John Gray, he is dubious about 'progress', political, economic, and scientific. - if Scottish literature has a true outsider, it is not Irvine Welsh: it's Allan Cameron. - Scottish Review of Books
Allan Cameron, who has lived in Nigeria, Bangladesh and Italy, and worked in various fields, now lives on Glasgow, where he writes, translates and runs his own publishing company Vagabond Voices, which is principally concerned with the translation and publication of European novels in English. His novels, The Golden Menagerie (a modern version of Apuleius's Golden Ass) and The Berlusconi Bonus (a political satire directed against the Neo-Cons and the ideas of Francis Fukuyama), were both published by Luath Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908251275 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908251271 |
| Title | Things Written Randomly in Doubt |
| Author | Allan Cameron |
| Series | Vagabonds |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vagabond Voices |
| Year published | 2014-05-19 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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