![]() ![]() It is actually at this point that some of Autumn's conceit begins to crack a little, with a lengthy tract on a forgotten 1960s pop artist just a little overdone.īut generally this is quite a beautiful meditation on how uneasy a powerless life can feel, whether because of the minimum wage, the depressing march of advancing age or, indeed, an opposing political view. Towards the end of the book comes a telling sentence: “Here’s an old story so new that it’s still in the middle of happening, writing itself right now with no knowledge of where or how it’ll end.” ![]() Smith understands the pleasures and pitfalls of writing about the present. Four months after the people narrowly voted to leave the European Union, she has produced this outstanding snapshot of a country – in fact, a world – seemingly locked in a nightmarish spiral of intolerance, fear and suspicion. ![]() ![]() The United Kingdom’s era-defining Brexit vote took place on June 23. With her novel Autumn, award-winning Scottish author Ali Smith absolutely demolishes such concerns. Shoehorning current affairs into storylines can often feel forced. It was often said of novels that immediately followed the Arab Spring and dealt with the consequences that, for all their good intentions, they could have benefited from a little time and distance. ![]()
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