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Book synopsis

The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali Smith

O brave new world, that has such people in't.

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.

What does it mean?

It's a truism of our time that it'll be the next generation who'll sort out our increasingly toxic world.

What would that actually be like?

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?

And what's a horse got to do with any of this?

Gliff 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, it'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.

Book details

Book category Books in German Belletristik Erzählende Literatur Hauptwerk vor 1945

• Full title: Gliff
• Author: Ali Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781405959452
• ISBN: 1405959452
• ID: 46404411
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 206 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. May 2025

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