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Alan Spence

    January 1, 1947

    Alan Spence is a Scottish writer whose work frequently delves into the vibrant urban landscape of his native Glasgow. His prolific output spans poetry, short stories, plays, and novels, exploring themes of human connection and cultural identity. Spence's distinctive style is characterized by its keen insight into his characters' inner lives and a poetic sensibility that brings both contemporary settings and historical narratives to life. His writing often reflects a thoughtful engagement with the interplay between the spiritual and the everyday.

    Alan Spence
    Čistá země
    Edinburgh Come All Ye
    Mister Timeless Blyth: A Biographical Novel
    The BORO's 37mins: Celebrating 25 years...Back from the brink.
    The Pure Land
    Stone Garden and Other Stories
    • Stone Garden and Other Stories

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
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      STONE GARDEN is a collection of 12 stories set in Glasgow and around the world, but always with the Scottish collection. All the stories are marked by Alan Spence's wry humour and the tender beauty of his descriptions of a remembered childhood.

      Stone Garden and Other Stories
    • Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escaping Aberdeen. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan in 1858. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune. Yet behind Glovers astonishing success lies a man cut to the heart.

      The Pure Land
    • A selection of commissioned work and other poems written during Alan Spence's time as the Edinburgh Makar. These poems celebrate Scotland, Scottishness and the events of 2017- 2021. The book is illustrated with stunning artwork by Victoria Crowe, Alison Watt, Rose Strang, David Williams and Joyce Gunn Cairns.

      Edinburgh Come All Ye
    • Čistá země

      • 397 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      Román, inspirovaný skutečným příběhem Thomase Glovera - britského obchodníka, který se stal významným mužem Japonska 19. století. Thomas Glover, podnikavý skotský obchodník, se jako dvacetiletý vydává do Japonska k anglické firmě obchodující s čajem. Jeho kariéra je úspěšná, obchody se rozrůstají a tak se Glover stává zámožným a váženým mužem. Jeho rozsáhlé obchodní aktivity ho přivedou až k účasti na povstání korunního prince Mucuhita proti poslednímu šógunovi v r. 1867. Kromě toho prožívá vášnivý románek s kurtizánou Sono, která mu porodí syna (tento příběh je jádrem libreta opery Madame Butterfly G. Pucciniho). Gloverův příběh je tu zarámován osudem onoho syna, který končí svůj život poté, co na okraji Nagasaki přežil výbuch atomové bomby.

      Čistá země