Old Men In Love

Old Men In Love
1st edition

Old Men In Love is a novel by Alasdair Gray, published by Bloomsbury in 2007. Adapting its central conceit - that it represents a found manuscript by one John Tunnock, which Gray merely edits - from the author's earlier Poor Things, the writing presented as Tunnock's likewise recycles earlier material by Gray. Tunnock's unfinished trilogy of novels, based on the lives of Socrates, Fra Lippo Lippi and Henry James Prince, are thus re-workings of earlier stage and television drama by Gray. Such unoriginality is pointed out in the afterword to the novel (a trick Gray employs earlier in Something Leather) by the literary critic Sidney Workman (a fictitious alter-ego used in his debut novel, Lanark). Old Men In Love was met with an ambiguous critical reception, praised for its striking design and diverting contents, criticised for its lack of substance and cynical derivation from earlier material. Writing in the Observer, James Purdon commented that "In form as well as subject matter, this is probably the most twitchily onanistic fiction since Portnoy's Complaint".[1]

References

  1. ^ Purdon, James. "Don't Play The Joker". Observer, 11 November 2007

External links

v · d · eNovels by Alasdair Gray
Lanark (1981)  • 1982, Janine (1984)  • The Fall of Kelvin Walker (1985)  • Something Leather (1990)  • McGrotty and Ludmilla (1990)  • Poor Things (1992)  • A History Maker (1994)  • Mavis Belfrage (1996)  • Old Men In Love (2007)

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • No Country for Old Men (film) — No Country for Old Men Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen …   Wikipedia

  • No Country for Old Men — Pour le roman, voir Non, ce pays n est pas pour le vieil homme. No Country for Old Men Non, ce pays n est pas pour de vieux hommes Données clés Titre québécois Non, ce pays n est pas pour le vieil homme Titre original No Country …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Grumpy Old Men (film) — Infobox Film name = Grumpy Old Men caption = director = Donald Petrie producer = John Davis writer = Mark Steven Johnson starring = Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ann Margaret Burgess Meredith Daryl Hannah Kevin Pollak music = Alan Silvestri… …   Wikipedia

  • Love-shyness — is a phrase created by psychologist Brian G. Gilmartin to describe a specific type of severe chronic shyness. According to his definition, published in Shyness Love: Causes, Consequences, and Treatments (1987), love shy people find it difficult… …   Wikipedia

  • Love Jihad — also called Romeo Jihad, is an alleged activity under which some young Muslim boys and men reportedly target college girls belonging to non Muslim communities for conversion to Islam by feigning love. While similar activities have been reported… …   Wikipedia

  • old — 1 *aged, elderly, superannuated Analogous words: *weak, feeble, infirm, decrepit Antonyms: young 2 Old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, antediluvian, archaic, obsolete all denote having come into existence or use in the more or less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • old — see old habits die hard you cannot put an old head on young shoulders old sins cast long shadows old soldiers never die better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave you cannot catch old birds with chaff …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats — First edition cover Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It is the basis for the record setting musical Cats …   Wikipedia

  • Love Parade stampede — Map of the Love Parade in Duisburg Date 24 July 2010 (2010 07 24) Location …   Wikipedia

  • Old Navy — Type Division of The Gap, Inc. Industry Retail Founded 1994 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”