Lanark; A Life in Four Books

TitleLanark; A Life in Four Books
Year for Search1981
AuthorsGray, Alasdair [James](1934-2019)
Date Published1981
PublisherCanongate Publishing/Harper & Row
Place PublishedEdinburgh, Scot./New York
KeywordsMale author, Scottish author
Annotation

Complex dystopia that follows the character Lanark through the surrealistic city of Unthank, which has severe economic and political problems and is threatened environmentally. Includes a side trip to a version of Hell.

Additional Publishers

Rev. ed. Edinburgh, Scot: Canongate Publishing, 1985. Rpt. London: Picador, 1994. Parts published as "From the World of Lanark." Scottish International, no. 12 (November-December 1970): 30-40 (Chapters 6 and 7); "Extract from Lanark." Words, [no. 1] (Autumn 1976): 3-6; "Alexander Comes (an extract from Lanark)." Words 6 [1978]: 5-9 (Chapter 41); "Prologue to Lanark." GUM: Glasgow University Magazine (1974) [Not held by the Glasgow University Library or the Glasgow University Archives]; and "From Lanark." Words (1979) (Chapter 35). See "Lanark Storyboard" [A Projected film of Lanark]. Scottish Book Collector 2.1 - 2.6, 2.8 - 2.12, 3.2 - 3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.12, 4.3 - 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 - 5.7. 5.9 - 5.10 (August/September 1989 - August/September 1990, December 1990/January 1991 - August/September 1991, December 1991/January 1992 - August/September 1992, February/March 1993, June/July 1993, February/March 1994 - Winter 1996/97, Summer 1997, Autumn 1997): 16-17; 16-17; 16-17; 16-17; 24-25; 28; 31; 19; 32; 30-31; 26-27; 14; 13; 29; 14; 17; 20; 13; 25; 10; 26; 21; 21; 21; 21; 21; 19; 23; 23; 19; 8; 23; 30; 30; 27. The last gives the authors as Gray and Ms. Fairlie Fox; all the others are by Gray.

Illustration

Illus. by the author

Author Note

Scottish author (1934-2019).

Full Text

1981 Gray, Alasdair [James] (1934-2019). Lanark; A Life in Four Books. Illus. by the author. Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate Publishing/New York: Harper & Row. Rev. ed. Edinburgh, Scot: Canongate Publishing, 1985. Rpt. London: Picador, 1994. Parts published as “From the World of Lanark.” Scottish International, no. 12 (November-December 1970): 30-40 (Chapters 6 and 7); “Extract from Lanark.” Words, [no. 1] (Autumn 1976): 3-6; “Alexander Comes (an extract from Lanark).” Words 6 [1978]: 5-9 (Chapter 41); “Prologue to Lanark.” GUM: Glasgow University Magazine (1974) [Not held by the Glasgow University Library, the Glasgow University Archives, or the National Library of Scotland]; and “From Lanark.” Words (1979) (Chapter 35). See “Lanark Storyboard” [A Projected film of Lanark]. Scottish Book Collector 2.1 - 2.6, 2.8 - 2.12, 3.2 - 3.6, 3.9, 3.11, 3.12, 4.3 - 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 - 5.7. 5.9 - 5.10 (August/September 1989 - August/September 1990, December 1990/January 1991 - August/September 1991, December 1991/January 1992 - August/September 1992, February/March 1993, June/July 1993, February/March 1994 - Winter 1996/97, Summer 1997, Autumn 1997): 16-17; 16-17; 16-17; 16-17; 24-25; 28; 31; 19; 32; 30-31; 26-27; 14; 13; 29; 14; 17; 20; 13; 25; 10; 26; 21; 21; 21; 21; 21; 19; 23; 23; 19; 8; 23; 30; 30; 27. The last gives the authors as Gray and Ms. Fairlie Fox; all the others are by Gray.

Complex dystopia that follows the character Lanark through the surrealistic city of Unthank, which has severe economic and political problems and is threatened environmentally. Includes a side trip to a version of Hell. Scottish author.