by Will Self · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000317
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«Scale» is a short novel by Will Self published in 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (51 pages, in English).
A writer addicted to morphine lives in Beaconsfield, next to the M40 motorway. While preparing a dose, he imagines how future historians will judge motorway culture, settles scores with his ex-wife, and tries to write a crime novel that will bring him income. The narrator has lost his sense of scale, though others lose their sense of proportion.
Part of Will Self's Grey Area collection and the Penguin 60s series. The subtitle is «Some people lose their sense of proportion; I've lost my sense of scale».
Aimed at readers of contemporary and literary fiction; short format of 51 pages.
William Woodard Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Self is currently an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography.
