num_pages: 573
description: This work, originally published in 1981, has been hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of the second half of the 20th century. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying.
language: English
title: Lanark: A Life in Four Books
titlecomplete: Lanark: A Life in Four Books
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, British Literature, Scotland, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 6486
places: Glasgow, Scotland, Unthank
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Book of the Year
publisher: Canongate Books (Canongate Classics)