Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances? Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations. Funny and fresh, poetic and political, Girl meets boy is a myth of metamorphosis for the modern world.
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"Spectacular... Original, restless, formally and morally challenging, [Ali Smith] remains a writer who resists definition." Times Literary Supplement "Smith plays dizzying games with her story and language... This is writing as pure rapture, as giddy delight." The Times "Ali Smith has got style, ideas and punch. Read her." Jeanette Winterson "She is an extremely readable, easy-flowing writer, and one of the subtlest and most intelligent around." Independent" 'Ali Smith is a true original' Joyce Carol Oates 'I love Ali Smith's work' Jeanette Winterson, The Times 'An extremely readable, easy-flowing writer and one of the subtlest and most intelligent around.' Independent
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Ali Smith's first book, Free Love, won the Saltire First Book Award. She is also the author of Like (1997); Other Stories And Other Stories (1999); Hotel World (2001), which was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize, and won the Encore Award; The Whole Story and Other Stories (2003) and The Accidental (2005), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and won the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award.
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Amazing book and fantastic writing by Smith. Her novels is well written and truly lovely and captivating to read. The whole series of books are an amazing undertaking. I enjoyed and recommend this book to people who appreciate good writing and plot
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Robin Goodman, Burning Lily, Base Camp, Cilla Black, Anthea Gunn, Tuesday Creative Lecture, Town House, Eau Caledonia, Blind Date, Girl Meets Boy Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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