![]() ![]() I didn’t even realise that it was set in the summer of 2016 until the veiled references of Brexit finally sunk in. It’s a really interesting structure that keeps you guessing and wondering. My first foray into Smith’s work, Autumn revealed to me a writing style that can build vivid imagery one moment and then in the next chapter strip back structure and sense to its bare bones. There’s a lot going on and it’s told in short, fragmented chapters which jump between past, present and Daniel’s dream world of his coma. ![]() Split between thirty two year old art professor Elisabeth and a hundred year old eccentric Daniel, Autumn follows the beginning of their unlikely friendship which began when Elisabeth was a child, while simultaneously following Elisabeth as an adult navigating through post-Brexit referendum Britain and the fact that Daniel is now in a coma in a care home. But it’s also about memory and loss and change. I really didn’t know what to expect when I picked this one up (the blurb doesn’t give much away) except I hoped it would be something about autumn – and it was. ![]() So it seems apt that the most recent book I read was the beautiful Autumn by Ali Smith which challenged, confused and moved me in all the right ways. Have I mentioned that Autumn is my favourite time of year? Seven years of writing about Autumn on this blog later, I think it’s fair to say I’ve made my feelings about this season pretty clear. ![]()
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