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Lanark. Una Vita in Quattro Libri #2
Lanark: Una vita in quattro libri. Volume 2
Nel secondo volume di Lanark viene narrata la giovinezza di Duncan Thaw, che cresce perdendosi e ritrovandosi nelle strade di Glasgow sotto un cielo tanto luminoso da accecare, talvolta così cupo da soggiogare.
- GenresFiction
160 pages, Paperback
Published August 25, 2016
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About the author
Alasdair Gray
97 books899 followersAlasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and wrote on politics and the history of English and Scots literature. His works of fiction combine realism, fantasy, and science fiction with the use of his own typography and illustrations, and won several awards.
He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1952 to 1957. As well as his book illustrations, he painted portraits and murals. His artwork has been widely exhibited and is in several important collections. Before Lanark, he had plays performed on radio and TV.
His writing style is postmodern and has been compared with those of Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino. It often contains extensive footnotes explaining the works that influenced it. His books inspired many younger Scottish writers, including Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner, A.L. Kennedy, Janice Galloway, Chris Kelso and Iain Banks. He was writer-in-residence at the University of Glasgow from 1977 to 1979, and professor of Creative Writing at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities from 2001 to 2003.
Gray was a civic nationalist and a republican, and wrote supporting socialism and Scottish independence. He popularised the epigram "Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" (taken from a poem by Canadian poet Dennis Leigh) which was engraved in the Canongate Wall of the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh when it opened in 2004. He lived almost all his life in Glasgow, married twice, and had one son. On his death The Guardian referred to him as "the father figure of the renaissance in Scottish literature and art".
He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1952 to 1957. As well as his book illustrations, he painted portraits and murals. His artwork has been widely exhibited and is in several important collections. Before Lanark, he had plays performed on radio and TV.
His writing style is postmodern and has been compared with those of Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino. It often contains extensive footnotes explaining the works that influenced it. His books inspired many younger Scottish writers, including Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner, A.L. Kennedy, Janice Galloway, Chris Kelso and Iain Banks. He was writer-in-residence at the University of Glasgow from 1977 to 1979, and professor of Creative Writing at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities from 2001 to 2003.
Gray was a civic nationalist and a republican, and wrote supporting socialism and Scottish independence. He popularised the epigram "Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" (taken from a poem by Canadian poet Dennis Leigh) which was engraved in the Canongate Wall of the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh when it opened in 2004. He lived almost all his life in Glasgow, married twice, and had one son. On his death The Guardian referred to him as "the father figure of the renaissance in Scottish literature and art".
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March 15, 2024
Il secondo volume molto meno fuori di testa del primo, ma comunque sempre coinvolgente e inizi ad annusare un po’ l’andazzo (anche perché il primo volume era il terzo libro, questo è il primo e il prossimo dovrebbe essere il secondo).
Qui siamo nel racconto che l’oracolo fa a Lanark del suo passato come Thaw: si chiude con la fine della scuola e l’inizio di qualcosa di altro che scopriremo solo leggendo.
Qui siamo nel racconto che l’oracolo fa a Lanark del suo passato come Thaw: si chiude con la fine della scuola e l’inizio di qualcosa di altro che scopriremo solo leggendo.
June 4, 2024
Cristo, Mauro, stai diventando vecchio. Fai tutto il lettore maledetto sperimentazioni e campari uuuuh i postmoderni matti flussi di coscienza poi leggi il primo volume di Lanark e storci il naso per i draghi le bocche giganti e la gelatine e tutto quel non si sa bene cosa.
Il secondo volume è dritto, lineare,roba per noi vecchi. Una sorta di biografia del protagonista scritta bene senza vezzi o trovate particolari. Scritto bene, però. Molto. Davvero. L'ho preferito al primo volume e ora leggo il terzo ciao
Il secondo volume è dritto, lineare,roba per noi vecchi. Una sorta di biografia del protagonista scritta bene senza vezzi o trovate particolari. Scritto bene, però. Molto. Davvero. L'ho preferito al primo volume e ora leggo il terzo ciao
June 23, 2024
Se il primo libro racconta la surreale post-vita di Lanark, questo secondo è invece una biografia iperrealistica della sua infanzia/adolescenza.
Qui la delicatezza e la sensibilità della scrittura di Gray fanno un bel salto in avanti.
Qui la delicatezza e la sensibilità della scrittura di Gray fanno un bel salto in avanti.
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