is simply incapable of writing a dull paragraph New Statesmanīold and brilliant, dealing with the body blow of Brexit to offer us something rare: hope.

Humour, grace, solace.A light-footed meditation on mortality, mutability and how to keep your head in troubled times Guardian, Best Fiction 2016Īutumn is a beautiful, poignant symphony of memories, dreams and transient realities Guardian is Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting - and I can't wait for her new book Sebastian Barry, Observer Penguinįantastic writing, big ideas and generosity of spirit Spectator This is a story about right now, this minute about ageing and time and love and stories themselves. From the imagination of the peerless Ali Smith comes a shape-shifting, light-footed, time-travelling novel. Autumn 2016: the UK is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer. I wonder: How does she manage to so wonderfully weave in and out of time, to layer time, while creating something that feels like it was written this morning after she read today's newspaper? PBS News Hour Long may she Remain that way The TimesĪ wonderfully risky project.an ambitious, multi-layered creation.an energising and uplifting story The Daily TelegraphĪ moving exploration of the intricacies of the imagination, a sly teasing-out of a host of big ideas and small revelations, all hovering around a timeless quandary: how to observe, how to be The New York Times Puckish, yet elegant angry, but comforting. The novel of the year is obviously Ali Smith's Autumn, which managed the miracle of making at least a kind of sense out of post-Brexit Britain The ObserverĪutumn is a beautiful, poignant symphony of memories, dreams and transient realities The GuardianĮxperimental, thematically complex, associative, time-juggling, powered by a crazed and energetic curiosity Sunday Times It's not so much 'reading between the lines' as being blinded by the light between the lines - in a good way Deborah Levy Transcendental writing about art, death and all the dimensions of love. Humour, grace, solace.A light-footed meditation on mortality, mutability and how to keep your head in troubled times The Guardian In a country apparently divided against itself, a writer such as Smith is more valuable than a whole parliament of politicians Financial Timesīold and brilliant, dealing with the body blow of Brexit to offer us something rare: hope Jackie Kay

I love Ali Smith's writing, and I've been keeping Autumn for an end-of-book holiday treat Val McDermid, 'The Observer'

Autumn by Ali Smith