![]() Lanark, the man who appears in the above quote, is in equal parts a person and perhaps a personification of the Scottish town of that name. As might be expected, the story is not a linear one. This book is divided into four books, going from Book Three to Book One to Books Two and Four, with an Epilogue following. It is sui generis in so many aspects, but can it be judged well on its own terms? ![]() It is not a novel that can be summed up easily in a few short paragraphs or even a few short pages. ![]() It sits firmly aside the imaginary dividing lines between realism and surrealism, between autobiography and mythic fiction. 4-5)Īlasdair Gray's Lanark: A Life in 4 Books is perhaps one of the quintessential interstitial novels. I saw some not long ago and it lasted while I counted over four hundred, and it used to last longer. Sludden pursed his mouth as if tasting sourness. Sludden said, "Tell me why you use the balcony." Lanark hesitated, then put his cup on the table and sat. One of us is usually in the queue when they shout it at the security place. ![]() "Find what you were looking for on the balcony? Or do you go there to avoid us? I'd like to know. ![]()
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