People Like That: The Collected Short Stories

by Agnes Owens

People Like That comprises Agnes Owens’ complete life's work in short stories. Witty and dark, Owens’ spare prose shocks and delights. Her talent for pithy, unsettling tales is as sharp as ever, confirming her place as one of Scotland’s finest contemporary writers.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

172 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 1996

About the author

Agnes Owens was a Scottish author. She was born in Milngavie in 1926 and spent most of her life on the west coast of Scotland. She has been married twice and raised seven children, also working as a cleaner, typist and factory worker.

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Reviews

[MJ Nicholls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Owens is unsentimental, honest, kind-hearted, wry and economical. The title story alone will make you wither to a heap of human KY in tears, vast tears of pain! Amazing. I love her. Thanks, Tuck. Support your local Tuck Goodreads Recommendation Machine today. Credits cards and sexual favours accepted.

[Jank Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best collections of short stories I’ve come across. Economic, unsentimental and sincere wee stories of those on the outlines ‘people like that’. They emerge gently with humour and then kick like a mule. Agnes has an eye for the uncanny and the mundane.

Compassionate, hardcore and honest - Owens will not let us look away.

[Martin Raybould · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insider's stories of working class lives of quiet desperation.

[Eòghann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Taitneach, annasach, neònach, brùideil -- cruinneachadh air leth

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

combination of the best things from diane arbus and carson mccullers...one of my favorite short story collections