Book :: Lanark

Lanark
By: Alasdair Gray
Pages: 560
Published: 1981
Genre(s): Scotland
Fantasy
Dystopia
Rating: (1)

#548

15 points

I've Read It I Want To Read It

Users who've read this book...

dafyddo KalamazooDon Andreea666 TheMorrigan12 Helen Kent ennui kevinm8 12 more..

Users planning to read this book...

amyers73075@yahoo.com CheersLilibet Bkwrm95 Natig mgeorgebrown89 Williamw AdriftinSitka Jcleedham 232 more..

Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary, playful imagination, it conveys a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion is to go on trying. First published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as...

-- Read more at Amazon


Reviews

Create an account or login to one you already have to add a review!

kherb35 kherb35

Incredibly creative and a startling insight into the workings of the world. I loved this book.

Dec 5th, 2013

Lanark appears on these lists...

86th on 100 Greatest Novels of All Time by The Guardian