Lanark

Alasdair Gray

first published 1981 Granada, 1982 560 pages

A Harvest book

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 one of Britain's leading...

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Lanark edition · 2021 · Canongate Books · 9781838852900
Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Canons) paperback · 2016 · Canongate Canons · 592 pages · 9781782117148
Lanark paperback · 2011 · Canongate Books · 9780857860088
Lanark Dort Kitaplik Bir Hayat paperback · 2009 · Metis · 616 pages · 9789753427265
Lanark edition · 2008 · Canongate Books · 9781847673749
Lanark paperback · 2007 · Brand: Canongate UK · 573 pages · 9781841959078
Lanark hardcover · 2003 · Canongate Books · 560 pages · 9781841951201
Lanark paperback · 2002 · Canongate Pub. · 560 pages · 9781841951836
Lanark paperback · 2000 · Métailié · 647 pages · 9782864243533
Lanark paperback · 1999 · Canongate Books Ltd · 9780862419141
Lanark edition · 1996 · Harcourt Brace & Co. · 560 pages
Lanark paperback · 1991 · Pan Books Ltd · 576 pages · 9780330319652

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