I read Spring over my summer holiday. A little out of time, but then Ali Smith plays with time in the novel, weaving a story that jumps backwards and forwards through the years and seasons. If I tell you the plot of Spring it sounds rather disjointed: Richard, once a famous-ish director, stands on a platform of a station in Scotland, remembering the recent death of his close friend and collaborator. Elsewhere, Brit a 20-something, SA4A security officer, who works in a detention centre, goes to work and back home again, saying hello and goodbye to the hedges. Brit's life is full of acronyms designed to dehumanise the people she is paid to ensure remain imprisoned. And then there's Florence, a very Ali Smith character, an otherworldly, knowing child who can seemingly bend people to her will and can walk through walls and fences, infiltrating prisons with ease.
spring by ali smith
spring by ali smith
spring by ali smith
I read Spring over my summer holiday. A little out of time, but then Ali Smith plays with time in the novel, weaving a story that jumps backwards and forwards through the years and seasons. If I tell you the plot of Spring it sounds rather disjointed: Richard, once a famous-ish director, stands on a platform of a station in Scotland, remembering the recent death of his close friend and collaborator. Elsewhere, Brit a 20-something, SA4A security officer, who works in a detention centre, goes to work and back home again, saying hello and goodbye to the hedges. Brit's life is full of acronyms designed to dehumanise the people she is paid to ensure remain imprisoned. And then there's Florence, a very Ali Smith character, an otherworldly, knowing child who can seemingly bend people to her will and can walk through walls and fences, infiltrating prisons with ease.