WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE 2021<\/b><\/p>\n
A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith’s Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘<\/i>A maestra’s portrait of her age . . . remarkable’ Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
In the present, Sacha knows the world’s in trouble. Her brother Robert just is <\/i>trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world’s in meltdown – and the real meltdown hasn’t even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they’re living on borrowed time.<\/p>\n
This is a story about people on the brink of change. They’re family, but they think they’re strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they’ve got nothing in common have in common?<\/p>\n
Summer.<\/p>\n
Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring <\/i>and Summer.<\/i> Ali Smith’s new novel, Companion piece, <\/i>is available now.<\/b><\/p>\n
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‘The first great coronavirus novel – a book to savour, a literary tour de force’ Evening Standard<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own’ Nicola Sturgeon<\/b><\/p>\n
‘An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet’ Irish Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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