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Lanark: A Life in Four Books (The Canons)
Alasdair Gray
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Description for Lanark: A Life in Four Books (The Canons)
Paperback. 'The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' ANTHONY BURGESS This cornerstone epic is now available as a beautiful canon with an introduction by William Boyd Series: Canons. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 436.
'Probably the greatest novel of the century' Observer 'Remarkable . . . A work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches' WILLIAM BOYD Lanark, a modern vision of hell, is set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, and tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination and wide range, its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying. First published in 1981, Lanark ... Read more
'Probably the greatest novel of the century' Observer 'Remarkable . . . A work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches' WILLIAM BOYD Lanark, a modern vision of hell, is set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, and tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination and wide range, its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying. First published in 1981, Lanark ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782117148
SKU
V9781782117148
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About Alasdair Gray
Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he has written, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. ... Read more
Reviews for Lanark: A Life in Four Books (The Canons)
I was absolutely knocked out by Lanark. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this century
Iain Banks Probably the greatest novel of the century . . . it marked the beginning of a new era
James Campbell
Observer
It was time Scotland produced a shattering work of fiction in the ... Read more
Iain Banks Probably the greatest novel of the century . . . it marked the beginning of a new era
James Campbell
Observer
It was time Scotland produced a shattering work of fiction in the ... Read more