Lanark: A Life in 4 Books [RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF, 1ST EDITION]

Gray, Alasdair

ISBN 10: 0156003619 / ISBN 13: 9780156003612

Published by Harvest Books, Orlando Florida, 1996

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** RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF, 1ST EDITION **

Softcover, uncorrected proof, first edition, full number. Fine condition book with ni dust jacket issued for the Harvest Edition. The pages are sharp clean and crisp with sharp page corners. Tight clean boards and text block.Slightest rubbing on to e extremities and crown of book. (As always, please review the photos) 1st impression, unread, mint condition, not price clipped, no stickers. This copy was purchased new and only had one owner. Enjoy!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lanark: A Life in 4 Books [RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF, 1ST EDITION]
• Publisher: Harvest Books, Orlando Florida
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156003619
• ISBN 13: 9780156003612
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Alisdair Gray
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 13.97W x 20.32H x 3.81D centimeters 13.97 centimeters width by 20.32 centimeters height by 3.81 centimeters depth
• Weight: 625.957 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Uncorrected Proofs
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Lanark, an inhabitant of the sunless city of Unthank, mysteriously turns up at the Institute, where he consults the Oracle and, in search of his past, embarks on a journey through the Intercalendrical Zone

About the Author

Alasdair Gray (born 28 December 1934) is a Scottish writer and artist. His most acclaimed work is his first novel Lanark, published in 1981 and written over a period of almost 30 years. It is now regarded as a classic, and was described by The Guardian as "one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction." His novel Poor Things (1992) won the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Gray's works combine elements of realism, fantasy, and science fiction, plus clever use of typography and his own illustrations. He has also written on politics, in support of socialism and Scottish independence, and on the history of English literature. He has been described by author Will Self as "a creative polymath with an integrated politico-philosophic vision" and as "a great writer, perhaps the greatest living in this archipelago today", and by himself as "a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glasgow pedestrian".