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Alasdair Gray

    December 28, 1934 – December 29, 2019

    A Scottish writer whose works are a captivating blend of realism, fantasy, and science fiction. His innovative approach to writing, often enhanced with his own illustrations and unique typography, positions his creations as landmarks of postmodern literature. Compared to literary giants like Kafka and Borges, his novels and short stories delve into profound themes and have inspired a generation of subsequent Scottish authors. Gray's body of work stands as a testament to his visionary spirit and distinct perspective on the world.

    Alasdair Gray
    Every Short Story, 1951-2012
    Five Letters from an Eastern Empire
    The Fall of Kelvin Walker
    The Book of Prefaces
    The Books of Jonah, Micah and Nahum
    A Life In Pictures
    • 2022

      Alasdair Gray's remarkable retelling of Dante's Divine Comedy; this edition brings Gray's Hell, Purgatory and Paradise together into a single edition for the first time

      Dante's Divine Trilogy
    • 2020

      PARADISE

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      The final book from the late Alasdair Gray - the conclusion to his remarkable interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy

      PARADISE
    • 2019

      PURGATORY

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Alasdair Gray's remarkable interpretation of Dante's La Divina Commedia continues

      PURGATORY
    • 2019

      Of Me and Others

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      The essential essay collection from one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray

      Of Me and Others
    • 2015

      Air Warfare

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      An introduction to the historiography of air power, the theories behind it and the political, legal and moral dimensions of its application.

      Air Warfare
    • 2014

      Independence

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      A polemic on the case for Scottish independence by the writer, artist, thinker and cultural icon, Alasdair Gray.

      Independence
    • 2012
    • 2011

      Lanark

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading
      4.0(343)Add rating

      Set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, this modern vision of hell tells the interwoven stories of two men: Lanark and Duncan Thaw. As the Life in Four Books unfolds, the strange, buried relationship between Lanark and Thaw slowly starts to emerge. Lanark is a towering work of the imagination and is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Gray, who also illustrated and designed the novel. On its first publication it was immediately recognised as a major work of literature, and drew comparisons with Dante, Black, Joyce, Orwell, Kafka, Huxley and Lewis Carroll. Thirty years on, its power, majesty, anger and relevance has only intensified.

      Lanark
    • 2010

      A fantastic layered novel of stories within stories set in Athens, Florence, Somerset, and Glasgow.

      Old Men in Love
    • 2010

      A Life In Pictures

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.6(93)Add rating

      The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray

      A Life In Pictures