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Ice and fire, England and Scotland: connections that haunt and move.
Summary
Amy and Ash. Ice and fire. England and Scotland.
Ali Smith evokes the twin spirits of time and place in an extraordinarily powerful first novel, which teases out the connections between people, the attractions, the ghostly repercussions.
By turns funny, haunting and disconcertingly moving, LIKE soars across hidden borders between cultures, countries, families, friends and lovers. Subtle and complex, it confounds expectations about fiction and truths.
‘Ingenious, shimme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781860493171 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1860493173 |
| Author: | Ali Smith |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 1998 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 27mm |
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This endearing first novel - ELLE
Beautifully written in precise, poetic prose that successfully evokes the love of like for like - OBSERVERI have been looking forward to seeing Ali Smith’s novel since reading FREE LOVE and I have not been disappointed. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the book, I love Ali Smith’s prose - clear and lucid and at the same time full of little quirks and subtleties that make hers an individual voice. Not only was the novel beautifully written but it was fascinating reading - Kate AtkinsonThis impressive debut novel… is full of subtleties and surprises. - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Ali Smith
Ali Smith won the Saltire First Book of the Year award and a Scottish Arts Council Book Award for FREE LOVE (Virago 1995).
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