Autumn
SHORTLISTED for the Man Booker Prize 2017
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Publisher Description
SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017
A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now.
'Undoubtedly Smith at her best. Puckish, yet elegant; angry, but comforting' The Times
Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdom is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer.
Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand in hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever . . .
Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith's new novel, Companion piece, is available now.
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ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
'Undoubtedly Smith at her best. Puckish, yet elegant; angry, but comforting' The Times
'Bold and brilliant' Observer
'Terrific, extraordinary, playful . . . There is an awful lot to lift the soul' Daily Mail
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
There is strange magic in Ali Smith’s story of an unlikely friendship—and the bitter aftermath of Brexit. Time seemed to warp whenever we picked up Autumn, which is bursting with Smith’s dazzling wordplay and her faith in humanity. Elisabeth Demand first meets Daniel Gluck when she’s a young student tasked with writing a profile of a neighbor. Separated by many decades but united in their curiousity and passion for art, the two develop a lifelong connection. Smith has written an extraordinarily beautiful story that perfectly encapsulates the gift of wonder and the tragedy of societies that give up on it.
