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Public library and other stories

Autor Ali Smith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mai 2016
A richly inventive new collection of stories from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED and WOMEN'S PRIZE-WINNING author ofHow to be bothand the critically acclaimedSeasonalquartet

'Smith is dazzling in her daring. Sheer inventive power'Observer

'In Ali Smith we have a writer whose dazzling sophistication will surely be celebrated, studied and argues over hundreds of years after we're gone'Scotsman


Why are books so powerful? What do the books we read make of us? And what does the vanishing of public libraries say about us?

These stories are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make.

Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery - and right now they are under threat from funding cuts and widespread closures across the UK and further afield. With this brilliantly inventive collection, Ali Smith raises her voice in defence of our public libraries, celebrating their essential place in our culture and history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241974599
ISBN-10: 0241974593
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Ali Smithwas born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author ofSpring, Winter, Autumn, Public library and other stories, How to be both, Shire, Artful, There but for the, The first person and other stories, Girl Meets Boy, The Accidental, The whole story and other stories, Hotel World, Other storiesand other stories,LikeandFree Love.Hotel Worldwas shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize.The Accidentalwas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize.How to be bothwon the Bailey's Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.Autumnwas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017 andWinterwas shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2018. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.

Recenzii

Publisher's description. A story collection from the peerless, multi-award-winning Ali Smith. What do we do with books - and what do they do with us? How do books shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once? And how might they remind us to pay attention to the world we make?
Smith is dazzling in her daring. Sheer inventive power
Ali Smith is a one-off. Her imagination and originality make her one of the most exciting novelists of her generation
In Ali Smith we have a writer whose dazzling sophistication will surely be celebrated, studied and argues over hundreds of years after we're gone
Smith's world is incredibly generous - it's a place where all sorts of stories and human connections are possible