{"product_id":"glyph-ali-smith","title":"Glyph (Ali Smith)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Playful, bold, tender . . . in \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e we see a major British writer answering the call of the day' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhosts don't exist. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey don't. End of. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory, however. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is haunting. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything tells it. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.\u003cbr\u003eIs it imaginary? Is it real?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom.\u003cbr\u003eWhat to do? She phones her sister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e is about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anti-war novel, Ali Smith's most soulful, playful and vital yet, is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA standalone novel, it's family to \u003ci\u003eGliff \u003c\/i\u003e(2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAli Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of several novels and short story collections including, \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Both\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65762875244893,"sku":"K010046289","price":15.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1004628900001A.jpg?v=1788250196","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/glyph-ali-smith","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}