Canons #01: Lanark

Canons #01: Lanark
William Boyd, Alasdair Gray
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 592pg
1 Sep 2016 UK
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9781782117148
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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. Widely recognised as a modern classic, Alasdair Gray's magnum opus was first published in 1981 and immediately established him as one of Britain's leading writers. Comparisons have been made to Dante, Blake, Joyce, Orwell, Kafka, Huxley and Lewis Carroll. This timely new edition should cement his reputation as one of our greatest living writers.
* 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 modern idiom. This is it ... [Gray is] the best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- Anthony Burgess * When dawn comes up and retires in dismay, we find ourselves in the presence of an overpowering surreal imagination. A saga of a city where reality is about as reliable as a Salvador Dali watch -- Brian Aldiss * A quite extraordinary achievement, the most remarkable thing in Scottish fiction for a very long time. It has changed the landscape -- Allan Massie The Scotsman * Undoubtedly the best work of fiction written by a Scottish author for decades Time Out * Remarkable... Lanark is a work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches -- William Boyd Times Literary Supplement * From a lesser writer, stygian darkness and baroque structure might see off a mass audience and reduce a book to cult status. In Gray's hands, the simple, direct prose found him a wide readership. The Times * A phantasmagorical mixture of realism and fantasy The List * In some ways it's even more relevant today. It's such an elaborate work of both fantasy and political satire, a sort of Gulliver's Travels for 20th Century Scotland Scotland on Sunday
Alasdair Gray is an old asthmatic Glaswegian who lives by painting, writing and book design. In addition to Lanark, he is author of Unlikely Stories Mostly, 1982 Janine, The Fall of Kelvin Walker, Lean Tales (with James Kelman and Agnes Owens), Old Negatives (verse), McGrotty & Ludmilla, Something Leather, Why Scots Should Rule Scotland, Poor Things, The Ends of our Tethers and A Life in Pictures.
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ISBN-13: 9781782117148
Published: 1 Sep 2016
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Canons
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 592
Dewey: 823.914

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