Morvern Callar
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This article is about the book. For the film, see Morvern Callar (film).
| Morvern Callar | |
 First edition cover. |
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| Author | Alan Warner |
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| Cover artist | Sara Morris |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Press |
| Publication date | 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-958611-8 (paperback edition) |
Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995. Narrated in the first person, it tells the story of Morvern, who wakes up near Christmas to find her boyfriend dead under the tree:
- "He'd cut His throat with the knife. He'd near chopped off His hand with the meat cleaver. He couldn't object so I lit a Silk Cut. A sort of wave of something was going across me. There was fright but I'd daydreamed how I'd be."
The novel progresses with Morvern living her life in the port of Oban, Scotland.
The novel was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996.[1]
[edit] Characters in "Morvern Callar"
Characters within the novel include Morvern, Red Hanna, The Complex Boys & Granny Phmister.
The character of Morvern also appears in Warner's second novel, These Demented Lands (1997).
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The book was made into a film in 2002, starring Samantha Morton.
[edit] References
- ^ Somerset Maugham Award. UNC Asheville. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
