{"product_id":"9780241973370-summer","title":"Summer","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021\u003cbr\u003e LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA maestra's portrait of her age . remarkable' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003etrouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Summer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDiscover all four instalments: \u003ci\u003eAutumn, Winter, Spring \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Summer.\u003c\/i\u003e Ali Smith's new novel,\u003ci\u003e Companion piece, \u003c\/i\u003eis available now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e'The first great coronavirus novel - a book to savour, a literary tour de force' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exquisite. Smith is in a class of her own'\u003cb\u003e Nicola Sturgeon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An astonishing finale to a prescient series . Ali Smith brilliantly weaves strands of joy and celebration to end her Seasonal Quartet'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39347457196129,"sku":"9780241973370","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32311509.jpg?v=1737185961","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241973370-summer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}