Of Me & Others - Hardcover

Alasdair Gray

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ISBN 10: 1908885408 ISBN 13: 9781908885401

Publisher: Cargo Publishing, 2014

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Born 1934 in Glasgow, Alasdair Gray is considered by many to be one of the great Scottish writers and artists. In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox autobiography he tells of how his early life experiences influenced his writing, including the creation of those landmarks of literature, Lanark and 1982, Janine . He also details the inspirations behind his many acclaimed murals and artworks, and makes clear how his moral, social and political beliefs and his work are inextricably linked. Constructed from essays, published and unpublished, Of Me And Others' is as much about people, place and politics as it is about Gray's own life in art. Self-deprecating, incisive, funny, fired with passion; the effect is a memoir of a life lived not only with others, but often for others.

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**** Gray has a rare ability to convey his thought in writing that is clear, invigorating and, in the very best way, fun. This book is all of those things, and much more besides. Several key themes resonate through these collected works. One is the great feeling of Gray s life and work being embedded in, and a product of, Scotland. His embrace of that Scottishness, and recognition that his own writing could be nothing but Scottish, makes for a thrilling and powerful statement about the value of Scottish art. --The List

Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake. --Observer

A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today --Will Self

About the Author:

Since 1981, when Alasdair Gray's first novel (Lanark: A Life in Four Books) was published by Canongate, he has published twenty-two books, most of them novels and short stories. In his own words, 'Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.'

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