Smith, Ali - Gliff

Gliff

Author: Ali Smith

Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopia

Pages: 288

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton

Release Date: October 31, 2024

Format: Hardcover

Synopsis:

O brave new world, that has such people in't.

Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.

What does it mean?

It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the next generation who’ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.

What would that actually be like?

In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?

And what’s a horse got to do with any of this?

Gliff is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.

LGBT Themes:

• Sapphic
• Gender

Relevant Tags:

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Contemporary, Novels, British Literature, Literature 21st Century, Gender, Sapphic, Lesbian