I’ve been curious to see how British literature would be changing post-Brexit. Zadie Smith’s Swing Time begins to address this shift in Britain post-2010, but it foreshadows Brexit. Therefore, I was interested to see how Ali Smith’s Autumn would be incorporating Brexit into its main plot. I had heard buzz about her seasonal cycle, but had not made the plunge until my end-of-school-year library binge saw this and the next book make its way into my basket. I am really, really glad I gave this […]
She likes to read, she reads all the time, and she prefers to be reading several things at once, she says it gives endless perspective and dimension.
Autumn – 4/5 Stars I liked this one a lot, and I have solid hopes for the second book. I do not know going into that one whether or not it will be a continuation of this story or a reversal or twist or riff off the themes. It’s also interesting to be reading these while sort of being in the middle of the Karl Ove Knausgard seasonal quartet as well. So this book takes place among many years, jumping back and forth. It centers […]
This is a lot of novels
Variations on a theme. I listened to this audiobook during a day of chores, including walking the dog, and with a lot of novels that are listed for the Booker Prize longlist, I was left wondering what they were going for in suggesting this one. Last year I read the Edward St Aubyn send up of the prize, and the identity politics and vision for the prize spoof is funny to me thinking about this one. It’s not a terrible novel and the writing is […]