From Scenes Like These

From Scenes Like These
First edition
AuthorGordon Williams
GenreBildungsroman
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publication date
1968
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint
Pages317
ISBN1-87363-167-7
OCLC37246162

From Scenes Like These is a 1968 novel by Gordon Williams. The novel, published by Secker & Warburg, was shortlisted for the inaugural Booker Prize in 1969.[1] The title is taken from "The Cotter's Saturday Night", a poem by Robert Burns that describes Scottish rural life in an idyllic light.

  1. ^ "The Booker Prize 1969". Retrieved 4 January 2020.