Gliff
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Narrated by:
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Eliot Sumner
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By:
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Ali Smith
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
O brave new world, that has such people in't.
Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.
What does it mean?
It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the next generation who’ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.
What would that actually be like?
In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?
And what’s a horse got to do with any of this?
Gliff is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-24
Brave New Work by the great Ali Smith
Gliff by Ali Smith is nothing short of incredible—a bold, standout story that might just be one of the best books of 2024, or perhaps of any year. In this near-future dystopian tale, two siblings, Briar and Rose, are forced to hide like many others, they're undesirables. Yet, mere hours later their curiosity tempts them our. The depiction of Briar and Rose is vivid and real, set against a backdrop of an unsettlingly familiar yet bleak nation. Smith’s intricate narrative suggests that hope persists, even in the darkest of times. Dark at times, but joyous.
5 out of 5.
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- AJ
- 04-11-24
Disappointing on all fronts
I’m not sure this book knows what it’s meant to be - I feel like the author tried to shoehorn in all the popular tropes that seem to get books longlisted currently, much to the detriment of the narrative, readability and impact of the story. The narrator choice was also terrible, completely dull and boring voice with literally no inflection. This was one of the worst audiobooks I’ve listened to this year.
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- T
- 04-12-24
Tender, beautiful, disturbing and deeply relevant.
Perfect narration. Bri’s voice will remain with me for a long time. Should be required listening and give us all more than pause for thought. Brilliant Ali Smith at her most relevant.
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