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Artful

Paperback • 2022 • English • 1. edition

Artful

By Ali Smith

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About the book

Narrated by a character who is haunted - literally - by a former lover, Artful slips slyly between fiction and essay, guiding the reader thrillingly through a sequence of ideas on art and literature. With Smith's trademark humour, inventiveness, poignancy and critical insight, this is unique experiment in form, style, life, love, death, immortality and what art can mean. Based on four electrifying lectures given by the author at Oxford University, and exploring the explosive connections betw...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9780241959572

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2022

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Artful

Format

Paperback

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