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BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, New York Times . . . n n Dazzling. Grief and pain are transfigured by luminous moments of humour, insight and connection . . . Even in the bleak midwinter, Smith is evergreen Daily Telegraph n n Graceful, mischievous, joyful . . . Infused with some much-needed humour, happiness and hope Independent n n A novel of great ferocity, tenderness and generosity of spirit . . . Luminously beautiful Observer n n From the Baileys Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and How to be both . . . n n The unmissable second novel in Ali Smiths acclaimed Seasonal quartet n n Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and shivering. The summers leaves? Dead litter. n n The world shrinks; the sap sinks. n But winter makes things visible. And if theres ice, therell be fire. n n In Ali Smiths Winter, lifeforce matches up to the toughest of the seasons. In this second novel in her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, the follow-up to her sensational Autumn, Smiths shape-shifting quartet of novels casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory and warmth, its taproot deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter. n n Its the season that teaches us survival. n n Here comes Winter. n
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