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Illustrator Susan Benson Language English Originally published 1963 Publisher Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Awards John Llewellyn Rhys Prize | 3.3/5 Goodreads Country UK Publication date 1963 Adaptations Up the Junction (1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Pages 110 pp (Hardcover edition) & 112 pp (paperback edition) Genres Autobiographical Fiction, Kitchen sink realism Similar Poor Cow, My Silver Shoes, Home Death, Cancer Tales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Up the Junction is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction.
Contents
The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and back-street abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people. The book won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.
Adaptations
In 1965 it was adapted for television by the BBC as part of The Wednesday Play anthology series directed by Ken Loach.
A cinema film version followed in 1968 with a soundtrack by Manfred Mann.
The television version of the play was the inspiration for the 1979 Squeeze hit "Up the Junction".
References
Up the Junction Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA