Billed as “family to Gliff”, that being Ali Smith’s 2024 dystopian take on a Kafkaesque future Britain, Glyph is more a refraction than a sequel (though the homophonous Gliff exists within Glyph as a novel discussed by several characters).
Never knowingly unknowing, Ali Smith pre-empts the most likely criticism of her latest novel, Glyph, when a character says ... further than any of Smith’s recent work in robustly answering this charge.
Glyph (whose sibling, Gliff, was published last year) is Ali Smith’s 14th novel and her fifth since 2016, when her ‘Seasonal Quartet’ saw the beginning of her project to use fiction to comment on contemporary events.
The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters. My earliest reading memory ... My favourite book growing up ... “No ... Terrific. Radiant.
Rather than offering narrative resolution, in Glyph Ali Smith takes the harder path of saying there are some things we can just never know, writes Stuart Kelly....
ALEXANDRIA—Aly Smith’s transfer from Frankton to Alexandria has the potential to make the Tigers’ state championship contending softball team even better ... .
In our always online, AI-imperilled lives, simply looking at a painting can improve wellbeing and offer creative guidance. For my new book, artists and writers shared their advice on how to live life artfully ... swiping, liking, scrolling ... ....
From words by artists including Tracey Emin and Marina Abramović to writers such as Ali Smith and Iris Murdoch, each entry includes reflections, rituals, encouragements, and creative exercises.