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  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241146866
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $39.99

365

Stories




Stories inform and shape us. We are all made of stories. But what do we make of them?

In 2013, James Robertson wrote a story every day. Each was 365 words long. A year later, on a daily basis, the stories were published on the Five Dials website. Now the 365 stories are gathered in one volume. Some draw on elements of ancient myth and legend, others are outtakes from Scottish history and folklore; there are squibs and satires, songs and ballads in disguise, fairy tales, stories inspired by dreams or in the form of interviews, and personal memories and observations.

Underpinning them all are vital questions: Who are we? What are we doing here? What happens next?

  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241146866
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

James Robertson

James Robertson is the author of four previous novels, The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack and And the Land Lay Still. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award. And the Land Lay Still was the winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010.

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Praise for 365

A masterclass in the ventriloquism of fiction . . . a fertile mind and a great generosity of ideas

Guardian

An anthology of possibility about what the short form can do

Stuart Kelly, Scotsman

the sheer diversity on display. . . keeps us turning the pages and trawling the months.

National

There is a huge diversity of subject matter and form across these stories, demonstrating the Scottish novelist's wide-ranging eye, and there is also a lightness; a wink and a playful nod that perhaps Robertson doesn't get to display in his more serious, longer pieces of fiction.

Big Issue

If you're looking for a Christmas present that keeps on giving . . . or if you fancy this yourself and can drop huge hints in someone's ear, then I don't think you could go wrong with 365

dovegreyreder

What can you say in a few words? Everything, it seems. 365 worlds pressed between two covers

Ali Bowden, Scotsman

Perfectly crafted

Neil Ascherson, Herald