Artful, 9780241959572
Paperback
Haunted lectures explore art, love, loss, and the meaning of life.

Artful

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    19 November 2013

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Summary

A brilliantly innovative novel which is also a series of lectures - on art, literature and life

Originally four lectures given by Ali Smith at Oxford University, Artful is a tidal wave of ideas in four thematically organised bursts of thought - ‘On Time’, ‘On Form’, ‘On Edge’ and ‘On Offer and On Reflection’.

Refusing to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted - literally - by a former lover, the writ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241959572
ISBN-10:0241959578
Author:Ali Smith
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:19 November 2013
Weight:215g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 19mm
About The Author

Ali Smith

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, The Accidental, Hotel World, How to Be Both and the Seasonal Quartet. She has been four times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has won the Goldsmiths Prize, Orwell Prize, Costa Best Novel Award and the Women’s Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge.

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