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      Public library and other stories

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      Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what th...

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      Product ID:9780241974599
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Public library and other stories
      Authors:Author: Ali Smith
      Page Count:240
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories
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      Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, and more.

      A richly inventive collection of stories about our enduring love of books from the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Women''s Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet

      ''Smith is dazzling in her daring. Sheer inventive power'' Observer


      Why are books so powerful?
      What do the books we read make of us?
      And what does the vanishing of public libraries say about us?

      These stories are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make.

      Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery - and they are under threat from funding cuts and widespread closures across the UK and further afield. With this brilliantly inventive collection, Ali Smith raises her voice in defence of our public libraries, celebrating their essential place in our culture and history.

      *****

      ''Ali Smith is a one-off. Her imagination and originality make her one of the most exciting novelists of her generation'' Daily Express

      ''In Ali Smith we have a writer whose dazzling sophistication will surely be celebrated, studied and argues over hundreds of years after we''re gone'' Scotsman

      ''Smith''s world is incredibly generous - it''s a place where all sorts of stories and human connections are possible'' Metro


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2016-05-05

      Additional information

      Weight172 g
      Dimensions197 × 129 × 17 mm