The Big Music (62 page)
Authors: Kirsty Gunn
NB: The above is a partial index only – to serve as a guide to the general patterning and ‘sound’ of the narrative. A fully referenced index is available in archive.
Kirsty Gunn published her first novel with Faber in 1994 and since then has written five works of fiction, including short stories and a collection of fragments and meditations. Translated in over twelve territories, and widely anthologised, her books have been broadcast, turned into film and dance theatre, and are the recipient of various prizes and awards, including Scottish Book of the Year. A regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines, she is also Professor of Writing Practice and Study at the University of Dundee, where she established and directs the writing programme. She lives in London and Scotland with her husband and two daughters.
First published in 2012
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This ebook edition first published in 2012
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Author’s Note: I am most grateful for a writer’s bursary from the Scottish Arts Council – now Creative Scotland – received in 2003 that made this project possible. I would also like to thank all those whose patience and advice allowed me to polish and refine the final version of this book: Lee Brackstone, Mary Morris and Kate Ward at Faber, my agent Clare Conville, copyeditor Lorraine McCann, Merran Gunn and Stewart Bowman, and finally, my family, David Graham, Millie and Katherine, who gave me so much time.
This book is a work of fiction. All people, places and facts may or may not be a product of the author’s imagination.
ISBN 978–0–571–28235–7
