by Alan Warner · Editions 10/18 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264028419
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«Morvern Callar» is the novel by Scottish writer Alan Warner, published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (254 pages, in French).
Morvern Callar, a young woman who works in a supermarket in a Scottish port town, finds her boyfriend dead. Instead of telling anyone, she decides to keep his money and his manuscript and embark on a road trip to southern Spain. The novel follows her flight through raves, beaches and roads, and portrays her attempt to reinvent herself far from her previous life.
Morvern Callar is the first instalment of the Morvern Callar cycle. The original novel dates from 1995 and won the Somerset Maugham Award; it was shortlisted for the Whitbread and the Dublin Literary Award.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction, particularly Scottish narrative, who value singular female characters and stories of escape.
Alan Warner is a Scottish novelist who grew up in Connel, near Oban. He is best known for his novels Morvern Callar (1995), The Sopranos (1998) and its sequel The Stars in the Bright Sky (2010). Morvern Callar and The Sopranos were both adapted into films, while the latter was also adapted for stage.
