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Scum
Author(s): Paul Williams (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 14 Jun. 2019
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 108 pages
- ISBN-10: 0367101807
- ISBN-13: 9780367101800
Book Description
Scum is a masterfully written book in which the author, by means of a particularly effective form of fragmentation of language, captures the disjunctive experience of a terrified boy. The life of the boy and the life of the sentences are lived entirely in the collision of the will to survive and the impossible demands of an incomprehensible, utterly senseless reality. There are no happy endings in Williams’ books, but far more valuable is the vitality that is generated in his deft and original use of language.’ – Thomas Ogden
Editorial Reviews
Review
“In the elliptical prose of Scum, Paul Williams captures exactly the darting, panic-stricken mentation of the unloved, unlovely adolescent who was once himself. By great good luck this boy is led to France, where as he falls into step with the peaceful rhythms of everyday French life he begins to discover his own humanity. An impressive continuation of Williams’ life story.”–J.M.Coetzee
About the Author
Paul Williams
