A Diver In China Seas: Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: dj warped within mylar.
From the sharp, observant pen of one of Scotland's most underrated literary voices comes A Diver in China Seas, a masterful collection of short stories that plunges into the everyday lives of ordinary men and women, surfacing with extraordinary truths about love, loss, and the human condition. Fred Urquhart, a writer of remarkable economy and wit, peoples these pages with vivid, working-class characters — soldiers, servants, shopgirls, and dreamers — each rendered with an intimate psychological precision that is at once tender and unsentimental. The stories range across Scotland and beyond, their settings as varied as the emotional landscapes they chart, binding together a world observed with a sharp, compassionate eye. Urquhart's prose carries the unmistakable cadence of a born storyteller — colloquial yet carefully crafted, deceptively simple yet resonant with deeper social commentary. A contemporary and admirer of figures such as Hugh MacDiarmid and Naomi Mitchison, he occupies a quietly essential place in the canon of twentieth-century Scottish fiction, though long overshadowed by more celebrated names. A Diver in China Seas stands as a testament to his enduring gift: the ability to illuminate entire lives in just a few pages, leaving the reader wondering how so much truth could be compressed into so little space.
Author: Fred Urquhart
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: dj warped within mylar.
From the sharp, observant pen of one of Scotland's most underrated literary voices comes A Diver in China Seas, a masterful collection of short stories that plunges into the everyday lives of ordinary men and women, surfacing with extraordinary truths about love, loss, and the human condition. Fred Urquhart, a writer of remarkable economy and wit, peoples these pages with vivid, working-class characters — soldiers, servants, shopgirls, and dreamers — each rendered with an intimate psychological precision that is at once tender and unsentimental. The stories range across Scotland and beyond, their settings as varied as the emotional landscapes they chart, binding together a world observed with a sharp, compassionate eye. Urquhart's prose carries the unmistakable cadence of a born storyteller — colloquial yet carefully crafted, deceptively simple yet resonant with deeper social commentary. A contemporary and admirer of figures such as Hugh MacDiarmid and Naomi Mitchison, he occupies a quietly essential place in the canon of twentieth-century Scottish fiction, though long overshadowed by more celebrated names. A Diver in China Seas stands as a testament to his enduring gift: the ability to illuminate entire lives in just a few pages, leaving the reader wondering how so much truth could be compressed into so little space.