Ali Smith
Summer

Name: Summer
Brand: Antikvariát Avion
SKU: 4786303
Price: 279 CZK
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780241973370

2021 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 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. 'A maestra's portrait of her age . . . remarkable' GuardianIn the present, Sacha knows the world's in tro…uble. Her brother Robert just is 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. 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? Summer. Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith's new novel, Companion piece, is available now.*****'The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force' Evening Standard'Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own' Nicola Sturgeon 'An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet' Irish Times WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and ho…w we live now. 'A maestra's portrait of her age . . . remarkable' GuardianIn the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is 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. 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? Summer. Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith's new novel, Companion piece, is available now.*****'The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force' Evening Standard'Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own' Nicola Sturgeon 'An astonishing finale to a prescient series . . . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet' Irish Times

Stav

Nová

Skladem do týdne
Odešleme nejpozději 21. 1. 2026

O knize

Stav:

Nová

Vazba:

Brožovaná

Počet stran:

384

Jazyk:

anglicky

ISBN10:

0241973376

ISBN:

9780241973370

Vydáno v:

London

Vystaveno:

20. 9. 2025 15:43

Číslo položky:

1395012

O autorovi

Ali Smith

Ali Smithová se narodila v roce 1962 v Inverness. Píše povídky a romány. Její první sbírka povídek Free Love and Other Stories obdržela cenu Saltire Society za skotský literární debut roku a cenu Skotské rady pro umění. Její první román Like z roku 1997 se setkal s pozitivním ohlasem kritiky. Odehrává se ve Skotsku a v Cambridgi a vypráví o nerozlučném přátelství z dětství. Další sbírka povídek Other Stories and Other Stories vyšla v roce 1999. Autorčin druhý román Hotel World získal cenu Encore a dvě knižní ceny Skotské rady pro umění a také se dostal do užší nominace na Orange Prize a Booker Prize. Odehrává se v průběhu jediné noci a vypráví příběhy pěti různých postav, z nichž jedna je duchem pokojské, která zemřela při záhadné nehodě. Ali Smith pravidelně publikuje recenze a články v novinách a časopisech, včetně The Scotsman a Times Literary Supplement. Žije v Cambridgi.

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