Gliff
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By Ali Smith, and and, Eliot Sumner
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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.
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Another brilliant novel from Ali Smith who is as playful with words as ever in a story that is both charming and chilling. Set in the near future of a brutal Britain it's a dystopian tale that could be a warning for us all or a message of hope and encouragement to do the right thing in the face of an oppressive regime....Excellent book!
