Of Me and Others

by Alasdair Gray

Overview

In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox collection of essays, Alasdair Gray tells of how his early life experiences influenced his writing, including the creation of those landmarks of literature, Lanark and 1982, Janine. He details the inspirations behind his many acclaimed artworks and murals, and makes clear how his moral, social and political beliefs and his work are inextricably linked. Incisive, funny and fired with passion, Of Me and Others is as much about people, place and politics as it is about Gray's own life in art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786895219
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	02/07/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award by the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.

Editorial Reviews

"Probably a crank, possibly a genius, certainly an original and independent voice, Alasdair Gray . . . has the look of a latter-day William Blake, with his extravagant myth-making, his strong social conscience, his liberating vision of sexuality and his flashes of righteous indignation tempered with scathing wit and sly self-mockery."

Los Angeles Times Book Review Merle Rubin

[Alasdair] Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake.

Observer

The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott.

Anthony Burgess

Alasdair Gray is that rather rare bird among contemporary British writers—a genuine experimentalist.

David Lodge

Unbelievably inventive. A necessary genius.

Ali Smith