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Ali Smith
Hardcover | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 3.71 | 44625 Users | 3625 Reviews
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| Title | : | Autumn (Seasonal #1) |
| Author | : | Ali Smith |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | October 20th 2016 by Hamish Hamilton |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Literary Fiction. Novels. European Literature. British Literature. Literature. 21st Century |
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I don’t know. I don’t know what to write about Autumn. I don’t even know what I’ve read. What was I supposed to get from this book, what was the purpose? Was it a Brexit novel? I don’t think so. It does talk some about Brexit. But it also talks about a strange friendship between a little girl (presently grown up) and an old man. Odd conversations those two had. And about a dubious Pop Artist. There were also a few weird, moderately fun, post office conversations. There were some interesting parts and some parts that I could not get, no matter how much I was frowning at the page. There were jumps from one time line to another. There were dreams, death dreams There were quotations from books. There were other stuff that I did not care for or had any idea what they meant. Something about a sexual scandal. As you can see, I cannot write a coherent review because I did not think the book was coherent either. I get it, I appreciate the originality and all. That’s why I’m giving it 3 stars. There were good parts, I even smiled once or twice but I cannot say I enjoyed the experience. Most likely, I am not the right person to read Ali Smith. Sorry I cannot do better. To make up for it will post the visual opinion of my cat on this novel. I have the impression she enjoyed it more than I did. She thinks it tasted delicious.
I know, I know. Cat pictures for a serious book shortlisted to the Booker Prize. I don’t care. The author spent half the book writing about some strange collages of a Pop Art painter with all the details included, so I can do whatever I want with my review. It is another form of art, isn’t it? . I've probably gone mad.
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| Original Title: | Autumn |
| ISBN: | 0241207002 (ISBN13: 9780241207000) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Seasonal #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2017), Gordon Burn Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017) |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 44625 Users | 3625 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books Autumn (Seasonal #1)
I was struggling with this initially. Ali Smith's prose style reminds me of someone dressed in a dressing gown and slippers, hair unbrushed, wandering about a house with barely a grain of self-consciousness. In stark contrast to lots of writers who spend hours in front the mirror, layering on embellishment after embellishment, before they take a step onto the page. Smith can give the impression of voicing aloud her thoughts the moment she has them. No artificial colouring or sweetening4.5★ (Read and reviewed February 28, 2017)Oh my, what to make of this book? Ive not read Ali Smith before, and I cant recall anything that was quite the mix of poetry, history, art, family dynamics, and philosophy not to mention politics. I love her writing I would have enjoyed the Pop Art more if Id had any idea who the artist was (link below). And Im overloaded with politics and populism and Brexit, so less of that would have suited me better, because I was really enjoying the story, but
It is November and outside my front door roses are still blooming. Their color is a deep rich clear pink. They look better than they did in the dry heat of summer.Smiths first novel in her proposed quartet of volumes is an utter delight. Id never encountered her voice before but when I got to the end, I looked again at the beginning. Just as well, because I had forgotten that Daniel speaks, briefly, before the story gets picked up by his granddaughter, Elisabeth, with an s.What I find queer, now
I dont know. I dont know what to write about Autumn. I dont even know what Ive read. What was I supposed to get from this book, what was the purpose? Was it a Brexit novel? I dont think so. It does talk some about Brexit. But it also talks about a strange friendship between a little girl (presently grown up) and an old man. Odd conversations those two had. And about a dubious Pop Artist. There were also a few weird, moderately fun, post office conversations. There were some interesting parts and
Ok so.... I didnt really get it 🤷♀I think I'm just going to have to stay away from the Booker Nominees. There always seems to be some hidden secret that everyone else knows, which gives the book 5 star reviews, while I sit here just....lost.Autumn is written in non-linear prose. Which is a good starting point as to why I didn't like it - I can't get with that type of writing. I like my stories in some kind of order, at the very least. In Autumn we jump from Elisabeth as a child, hanging out with
Heaps of spine-tingling narrative pleasure. One feels ones short hairs standing on end while reading. Horripilating, is that the word? Like migraine aura but far more fun. Autumns a book about enlightened values versus what weve been getting lately from the mobocracy. No need to mention the B word or the T word here. Most things I read, the authors point of view does not reflect my values, though he or she may come close. Quite the opposite with Autumn. Reading Smith one feels one has met with a
I finished this novel a few days ago, but put off the review. To speak quite frankly, I think Autumn is a novel that is a touch too smart for me to properly wrap my head around. Smith's prose flips, twists, jumps, and skitters across the page with vivacity and wit, but also left me feeling overwhelmed with stylistic experimentation. So, I turned to interviews with Smith and reviews others have written to better understand what I had just read.It isn't simply the writing that left me confused,
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