The Burn (short story collection)

The Burn

First edition
Author	James Kelman
Language	English
Genre	Short stories
Publisher	Secker & Warburg
Publication date	1991
Publication place	England
Media type	Print

The Burn is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman, first published in 1991. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• "Pictures"
• "A walk in the park"
• "A situation"
• "Cronies"
• "Fr Fitzmichael"
• "Street-sweeper"
• "Margaret’s away somewhere"
• "A Memory"
• "A player"
• "Naval History"
• "That thread"
• "From the Window"
• "Sarah Crosbie"
• "That’s where I’m at"
• "the Hon"
• "Unlucky"
• "A woman and two men"
• "Lassies are trained that way"
• "Real Stories"
• "A decision"
• "the chase"
• "it’s the ins and outs"
• "The small bird and the young person"
• "the Christmas shopping"
• "events in yer life"
• "by the burn"

References

1. Turner, Jenny (1991). "Scottish Men and Scottish Women". London Review of Books . 13 (12): 20–22.
2. Linklater, Andro (17 May 1991). "The shade and loneliness and mire". The Spectator . Retrieved 12 February 2014.