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  • Formāts: Hardback, 176 pages, height x width x depth: 220x144x21 mm, weight: 298 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Oct-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Canongate Books
  • ISBN-10: 1786899019
  • ISBN-13: 9781786899019
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 176 pages, height x width x depth: 220x144x21 mm, weight: 298 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Oct-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Canongate Books
  • ISBN-10: 1786899019
  • ISBN-13: 9781786899019
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Stories of human endeavour, endurance and resolve with an unexpected twist, published to celebrate a new range of The Balvenie whiskies - The Balvenie Stories. With contributions from Max Porter, Kamila Shamsie, Daisy Johnson and many more

What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream?

These are the questions explored by The Balvenie in this unique collection compiled by award-winning novelist Alex Preston. The stories - from some of the brightest and most exciting voices writing today - tell of determination, endeavour and perseverance against the odds. They range across wildly different contexts and cultures, from the epic to the intimate, in fiction and non-fiction, illustrating and illuminating the outer limits of human character and achievement.

With contributions from Max Porter, Kamila Shamsie, Daisy Johnson, Eley Williams, Michael Donkor, David Szalay, Yan Ge and many more.

Preface vii
The Balvenie Global Ambassador
Gemma Louise Paterson
Introduction ix
Alex Preston
Time And Time Again
1(12)
Eley Williams
West Lake
13(10)
David Szalay
Endurance: one hundred years and one day later
23(6)
Kamila Shamsie
The Part-Time Countryman
29(8)
Max Porter
State Of Emergency
37(8)
Sara Collins
Ariadne
45(10)
Daisy Johnson
The Departure
55(8)
Tash Aw
Perseverance And Resilience in the kola peninsula Peter Frankopan
63(8)
No Time To Write
71(16)
Yan Ge
Near The Far Side Of The World
87(14)
Lawrence Osborne
So That's What You Think
101(6)
A Soul Is For Katharine Kilalea
Sustenance
107(14)
Michael Donkor
`Uncle' Bill
121(8)
Benjamin Markovits
The Mining Disaster
129(12)
Alex Preston
Realms Of Gold
141(18)
Sarah Churchwell
Contributors 159(5)
Editor's Acknowledgements 164
Alex Preston is an award-winning author and journalist. He is the author of three novels, most recently the critically-acclaimed In Love and War, as well as the bestselling literary history of birds, As Kingfishers Catch Fire. His short stories have appeared several times in the Best British Short Stories anthology and he writes regularly for the Observer, the Telegraph and Harper's Bazaar. He is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Kent.

The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky is crafted by William Grant & Sons Ltd, an award-winning family-owned distiller founded by William Grant in 1886 and still independently owned. It is the only distillery that still grows its own barley, uses traditional floor maltings and keeps both coppersmiths and coppers on site - making The Balvenie the most handcrafted of single malts.