Summer
€15.00
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241973370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali Smith |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.286 |
| Publishing Date | 06/05/2021 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.15 |
| Tax | €0.85 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €15.00 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE 2021
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.
''A maestra''s portrait of her age . . . remarkable'' Guardian
In the present, Sacha knows the world''s in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world''s in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn''t even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they''re living on borrowed time.
This is a story about people on the brink of change. They''re family, but they think they''re strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they''ve got nothing in common have in common?
Summer.
Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith''s new novel, Companion piece, is available now.
*****
''The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force'' Evening Standard
''Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own'' Nicola Sturgeon
''An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet''Irish Times