Lanark; A Life in Four Books
Title | Lanark; A Life in Four Books |
Year for Search | 1981 |
Authors | Gray, Alasdair [James](1934-2019) |
Date Published | 1981 |
Publisher | Canongate Publishing/Harper & Row |
Place Published | Edinburgh, Scot./New York |
Keywords | Male 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/ Complex dystopia that follows the character Lanark through the surrealistic city of |