Lanark: A Life in Four Books

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Lanark: A Life in Four Books is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in modern society.

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instanceOf Scottish novel
autobiographical novel
dystopian novel
novel
author Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED
contains authorial interpolations
self-referential commentary
countryOfOrigin Scotland
describedAs cult classic
landmark of Scottish fiction
firstEditionFormat hardcover
genre autobiographical fiction
dystopian fiction
fantasy fiction
metafiction
political fiction
hasDedicationTo “For my parents”
hasIllustrationsBy Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED
hasParatext epilogue
index of plagiarisms
hasPart Book Four NERFINISHED
Book One NERFINISHED
Book Three NERFINISHED
Book Two
influencedBy Franz Kafka NERFINISHED
James Joyce NERFINISHED
William Blake NERFINISHED
literaryMovement Scottish literature
mainCharacter Duncan Thaw NERFINISHED
Lanark NERFINISHED
narrativeStructure nonlinear
notableFor blend of dystopian fantasy and realist autobiography
innovative typographical design
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1981
publisher Canongate Books NERFINISHED
setting Glasgow NERFINISHED
Unthank NERFINISHED
theme alienation
art
identity
mental illness
modern society
politics
social critique
urban life
timePeriodDepicted mid-20th-century Glasgow
unnamed dystopian future

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Alasdair Gray notableWork Lanark: A Life in Four Books