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The First Person and Other Stories

Author: Ali Smith  

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Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling.

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Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling.

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'Wonderful. Pared down to the point of perfection. Smith's sly wit and dextrous storytelling sing. Read' Independent'Quintessential, even vintage . . . lilts and scintillates. Smith's best tales are airy, darting like sprites or pop-up jokes. Delicious stuff' ScotsmanThe First Person and Other Stories appeals to your head, your heart and your funny bone. Always playful, but also very moving and very funny, Ali Smith explores the ways, and the whys, of life, love and storytelling.'Utterly fascinating, deeply pleasurable. Smith is a brilliant storyteller' Time Out'Teasing, provoking, quick-witted, Smith's stories are fearless. These nimble tales, lightly turning cartwheels . . . continue to reverberate long after you have read them' Sunday Telegraph'Will tickle your brain and your funny bone as much as your heart- don't overlook' thelondonpaper'A masterpiece. Smith has crafted a set of short stories that work together to create a brilliant and thought-provoking collection' Independent on Sunday'Ali Smith is a true and valuable British original' Nick Hornby

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Critic Reviews

“She's a genius, genuinely modern in the heroic, glorious sense”

Terrific . . . hurrah for Ali Smith The Times
Wonderful . . . Smith has found a format in which her sly wit and dextrous storytelling sing. It might be more helpful to say: read them Independent
Alain de Botton
One of the most gifted writers of her generation Scotsman

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About the Author

ALI SMITH's works of fiction include the novel Hotel World, which was short-listed for both the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize and won the Encore Award and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award, and The Accidental, which won the Whitbread Award and was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. Her story collections include Free Love, which won a Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award and a Scottish Arts Council Award, The Whole Story and Other Stories, and How to be Both, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2015. Born in Inverness, Scotland, Smith lives in Cambridge, England.

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'Wonderful. Pared down to the point of perfection. Smith's sly wit and dextrous storytelling sing. Read' Independent 'Quintessential, even vintage . . . lilts and scintillates. Smith's best tales are airy, darting like sprites or pop-up jokes. Delicious stuff' Scotsman The First Person and Other Stories appeals to your head, your heart and your funny bone. Always playful, but also very moving and very funny, Ali Smith explores the ways, and the whys, of life, love and storytelling. 'Utterly fascinating, deeply pleasurable. Smith is a brilliant storyteller' Time Out 'Teasing, provoking, quick-witted, Smith's stories are fearless. These nimble tales, lightly turning cartwheels . . . continue to reverberate long after you have read them' Sunday Telegraph 'Will tickle your brain and your funny bone as much as your heart: don't overlook' The London Paper 'A masterpiece. Smith has crafted a set of short stories that work together to create a brilliant and thought-provoking collection' Independent on Sunday

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
28th May 2009
Pages
224
ISBN
9780141038018

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