Gliff
Author: Smith, Ali
ISBN: 9780241665572
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2024
Pages: 288
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali SmithPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;iPgt;O brave new world, that has such people inP#39;tPlt;/iPgt;.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What does it mean?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ItP#8217;s a truism of our time that itP#8217;ll be the next generation whoP#8217;ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What would that actually be like?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;And whatP#8217;s a horse got to do with any of this?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;GliffPlt;/iPgt; is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, itP#39;s a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.
ISBN: 9780241665572
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2024
Pages: 288
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali SmithPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;iPgt;O brave new world, that has such people inP#39;tPlt;/iPgt;.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What does it mean?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ItP#8217;s a truism of our time that itP#8217;ll be the next generation whoP#8217;ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;What would that actually be like?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;And whatP#8217;s a horse got to do with any of this?Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;GliffPlt;/iPgt; is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, itP#39;s a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.
