 First edition cover | |
| Author | Alan Warner |
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| Language | Scots |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Vintage Press |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9780099586111 |
| Followed by | These Demented Lands |
Morvern Callar is a 1995 experimental novel by Scottish author Alan Warner. Published as his first novel, its first-person narrative—mainly written in Scots—explores the social life and cultural interests of the titular character following the sudden death of her boyfriend.
The novel was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1996,[1] and a critically acclaimed adaptation directed by Scottish film director Lynne Ramsay was released in 2002.
- ^ "Somerset Maugham Award". UNC Asheville. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2008.