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Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography (2008)

di Rodge Glass

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Alasdair Gray, author of the modern classics Lanark, Poor Things and 1982, Janine, is without doubt Scotland's greatest living novelist. Since trying (unsuccessfully) to buy him a drink in 1998, Rodge Glass, first tutee and then secretary to the author, takes on the role of biographer, charting Gray's life from unpublished and unrecognised son of a box-maker to septuagenarian "little grey deity" (as Will Self has called him). A Jewish Mancunian Boswell to Gray's Johnson, Glass seamlessly weaves a chronological narrative of his subject's life into his own diary of meeting, getting to know and working with the artist, writer and campaigner, to create a vibrant and wonderfully textured portrait of a literary great.

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Rodge Glass, enkel jaren werkzaam als Gray's persoonlijke assistent, waarschuwt er in de eerste pagina's al voor dat dit geen doorsnee biografie is. De schrijver is geen afgestorven en afstandelijk object waar Glass afstandelijk en academisch mee aan de slag zal zijn. De schrijver's een mentor, een bewonderde, en - zoals later blijkt - iemand die hij zijn vriend zou willen noemen. En hoewel dat hier en daar wel eens licht pathetisch overkomt, of op z'n minst doet vermoeden dat Glass de eenvoudige oplossing koos (het is makkelijker jezelf belachelijk te maken, dan gefundeerde kritiek te geven op een ander ... trust me, I know) mag dit boek er wel wezen, maakt het nieuwsgierig naar Gray's werk en vermijdt het de valkuil van het doodanalyseren van alsnog door mij ongelezen werk.

Bovendien biedt Glass een uniek inzicht in het tot stand komen van de werken van Gray (het citeren vanuit het ziektebed, het op het laatste moment aanpassen van de titel van Old men in love, het aanpassen van de toneelstukken, ...). Een academischer biografie had waarschijnlijk meer aandacht besteed aan literaire themata & kritieken, aan documenten, aan huisnummers, ... had ook zijn beeldend werk een plaats kunnen geven ... en minder aan Gray's gezondheid, drinken, clowneske fratsen, ... maar we zouden die minder graag gelezen hebben, en we zouden ons minder schuldig voelen omdat we de verkeerde editie hebben van Something Leather. En we zouden minder gretig onthouden hebben dat we vanaf heden tot het eind der dagen zullen zoeken naar 1982, Janine en naar Poor Things (Lanark hebben we reeds - maar moeten we binnenkort toch maar eens herlezen ..., A life in pictures en The book of prefaces houden we in beraad.)

Het boek telt enkele illustraties, louter foto's, maar veel te weinig. De beschrijvingen van de boekcovers, van de portretten en vooral van de muurschilderingen doen naar meer verlangen (o.a. dus naar A life in pictures dat volgens de Book Depository pas binnen 262 dagen zal verschijnen - iets wat je trouwens, na het lezen van Glass' boek, amper durft geloven).

http://occamsrazorlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/01/alasdair-gray-secretarys-biograph... ( )
  razorsoccamremembers | Jan 15, 2010 |
Alasdair Gray tends to raid his biography in his books so there was not much surprising in this. But it was well written and the modern, diary sections are very interesting. Here the author is actually working with Gray on and off and so gives a more personal, intimate portrayal of the man.
Of course it is only one man's personal views and so no doubt open to dispute. But interesting to read none the less.
Gray is a very important Scottish writer/artist and it is good to see that someone who actually knew him has written a biography. Worth reading because Gray is worth reading. ( )
  munchkinstein | Sep 25, 2008 |
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A secretary does his duty.

A short poem about junk e-mail accounts, and the problems of introducing ageing artists to the subtleties of the form.

Alasdair!
Don't look!
What? he says. What is it? Show me!
I click, to messages from
Viagratastic; Nikkicam;
WecanmakeyouthreeinchesbiggerbyChristmas.
The great man stands, paces, pouts, points skyward
(He replies to all his mail) says, Take dictation!

'Dear Sir or Madam,
You will do no such thing.
Yours truly.'

RG 2003.
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This book is blamed on Ross McConnell, who introduced me to the work of Alasdair Gray in 1998, and persuaded me to to stick with it.

In memory of the people in this story who died while it was being written: Angus Calder, Archie Hind, Malcolm Hood, Philip Hobsbaum, Ian McIlhenny, Alasdair Taylor and Jeff Torrington.

A biography is a joint effort.
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Alasdair Gray, author of the modern classics Lanark, Poor Things and 1982, Janine, is without doubt Scotland's greatest living novelist. Since trying (unsuccessfully) to buy him a drink in 1998, Rodge Glass, first tutee and then secretary to the author, takes on the role of biographer, charting Gray's life from unpublished and unrecognised son of a box-maker to septuagenarian "little grey deity" (as Will Self has called him). A Jewish Mancunian Boswell to Gray's Johnson, Glass seamlessly weaves a chronological narrative of his subject's life into his own diary of meeting, getting to know and working with the artist, writer and campaigner, to create a vibrant and wonderfully textured portrait of a literary great.

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