Gliff

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The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali Smith

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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780241665572
Published: October 2024

Number of pages: 288
Width: 140 mm
Height: 225 mm
Depth: 25 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd