3.5
Companion Piece
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"A woman receives an unexpected call from a former classmate asking for help deciphering a puzzling interaction, and from there, Smith spins out a broader story about loneliness, refuge and freedom.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Lyrical and timely…Smith’s novel will push readers to consider what it means to let people into your life, even when you don’t want to.” —TIME
A story is never an answer. A story is always a question.
A day spent locked in a room by border officials without any explanation as to why. A riddle that seemingly has no answer: curlew or curfew, you choose. A phone call from a college friend who hasn't been in touch in years. And all of it is somehow inextricably linked to the life of a young blacksmith hounded from her trade and branded a vagrant nearly 500 years ago.
Award-winning author Ali Smith shines a guiding light through the nightmarish now with a provocative novel that intertwines our atomized present and the uncannily parallel era of the Black Plague. In the hope that our medieval past may unlock the answers we seek to understand our hazy future, Companion Piece is a kaleidoscope of human history and experience, and a stunning addition to Smith's gorgeous canon.
“Lyrical and timely…Smith’s novel will push readers to consider what it means to let people into your life, even when you don’t want to.” —TIME
A story is never an answer. A story is always a question.
A day spent locked in a room by border officials without any explanation as to why. A riddle that seemingly has no answer: curlew or curfew, you choose. A phone call from a college friend who hasn't been in touch in years. And all of it is somehow inextricably linked to the life of a young blacksmith hounded from her trade and branded a vagrant nearly 500 years ago.
Award-winning author Ali Smith shines a guiding light through the nightmarish now with a provocative novel that intertwines our atomized present and the uncannily parallel era of the Black Plague. In the hope that our medieval past may unlock the answers we seek to understand our hazy future, Companion Piece is a kaleidoscope of human history and experience, and a stunning addition to Smith's gorgeous canon.
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3.5
“I loved this!! I enjoy Ali Smith’s writing SO much and dream of writing pieces as rich and intriguing as hers. It was quite a quick read and a super enjoyable continuation of the seasons quartet landscape and I’m so glad Ali Smith has a such a long back list because I can’t wait to read more!”
“Jak wiecie, zreguły nie mam problemów z opisaniem swoich uczuć po skończeniu książki, ale no - nie tym razem XD Nie przytoczę ani jednego faktu z Piątej pory roku, nie wiem o czym byla ta książka, nie rozumiem jej, ja ni panimaju. Nie rozumiem i nie buja. Czuję się tak, jakby ktoś wyjął mi z czaszki mózg i włał na to miejsce rozpaćkany budyń. I nie wiem w czym problem - w formie, w treści czy w ogólnej grafomanii (bo dla mnie ta książka jest jej popisem, sorki). Ale wiem jedno - dawno nie byłam tak szczęśliwa, że wystawię książkę na Vinted XD”
About Ali Smith
ALI SMITH is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, Summer, Spring, Winter, Autumn, Public library and other stories, and How to be both, which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel of the Year Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, she won the George Orwell Prize for Fiction for Summer. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.
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