![]() It is actually at this point that some of Autumn's conceit begins to crack a little, with a lengthy tract on a forgotten 1960s pop artist just a little overdone.īut generally this is quite a beautiful meditation on how uneasy a powerless life can feel, whether because of the minimum wage, the depressing march of advancing age or, indeed, an opposing political view. Towards the end of the book comes a telling sentence: “Here’s an old story so new that it’s still in the middle of happening, writing itself right now with no knowledge of where or how it’ll end.” ![]() Smith understands the pleasures and pitfalls of writing about the present. ![]() Four months after the people narrowly voted to leave the European Union, she has produced this outstanding snapshot of a country – in fact, a world – seemingly locked in a nightmarish spiral of intolerance, fear and suspicion. The United Kingdom’s era-defining Brexit vote took place on June 23. With her novel Autumn, award-winning Scottish author Ali Smith absolutely demolishes such concerns. Shoehorning current affairs into storylines can often feel forced. ![]() ![]() It was often said of novels that immediately followed the Arab Spring and dealt with the consequences that, for all their good intentions, they could have benefited from a little time and distance. ![]()
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