Description
'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 immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers.
Author: Alasdair Gray
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781782117148
ISBN10: 1782117148
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical
About the Author
Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, Alasdair Gray has published twenty books, most of them novels and short stories. In his own words, 'Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.'