Alasdair Gray

Lanark

A Life in Four Books
Mitarbeit:Boyd, William

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' ANTHONY BURGESS. The cornerstone epic, introduced by William Boyd

Produktdetails

• Canons
• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main - Canons Edition Re-Issue
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781782117148
• ISBN-10: 1782117148
• Artikelnr.: 43916443

Autorenporträt

Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, 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. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award by the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.

Rezensionen

I was absolutely knocked out by Lanark. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this century Iain Banks