{"product_id":"autumn-seasonal-quartet-1","title":"Autumn (Seasonal Quartet #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtakingly inventive new novel from the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHow to be both\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFusing Keatsian mists and mellow fruitfulness with the vitality, the immediacy and the colour-hit of Pop Art - via a bit of very contemporary skulduggery and skull-diggery - \u003ci\u003eAutumn \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty excavation of the present by the past. The novel is a stripped-branches take on popular culture, and a meditation, in a world growing ever more bordered and exclusive, on what richness and worth are, what harvest means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e is the first installment in Ali Smith's novel quartet \u003ci\u003eSeasonal\u003c\/i\u003e: four standalone books, separate yet interconnected and cyclical (as the seasons are), exploring what time is, how we experience it, and the recurring markers in the shapes our lives take and in our ways with narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the imagination of the peerless Ali Smith comes a shape-shifting series, wide-ranging in timescale and light-footed through histories, and a story about ageing and time and love and stories themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has some creases on the cover, a small neat inscription on an inside page and light scuffs on the edges of the pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e 9780241207017\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSize: Trade Paperback, 264 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eHamish Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished: 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48225983234204,"sku":"U-DB5F71","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/aut.jpg?v=1793685240","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/autumn-seasonal-quartet-1","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}