{"product_id":"ali-smith-gliff-2024-paperback","title":"Ali Smith: Gliff [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eO brave new world, that has such people in't\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a truism of our time that it'll be the next generation who'll sort out our increasingly toxic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat would that actually be like?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what's a horse got to do with any of this?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGliff\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As always, Ali's inventiveness and intelligence lit fireworks in my mind. \u003ci\u003eGliff \u003c\/i\u003eis an irresistible invitation to rethink and reword our way to a truly brave new world' Michelle de Kretser\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith, Ali","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49714007048531,"sku":"9780241665589","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/smith-ali-ali-smith-gliff-2024-paperback-9780241665589-59817252192595.jpg?v=1730349315","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/ali-smith-gliff-2024-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}