Gliff

A Novel

by Ali Smith

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Pub Date Feb 04 2025 | Archive Date Mar 06 2025

Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Pantheon

General Fiction (Adult) | Women's Fiction

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Description

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowing

An uncertain near-future. A story of new boundaries drawn between people daily. A not-very brave new world.

Add two children. And a horse.

From a Scottish word meaning a transient moment, a shock, a faint glimpse, Gliff explores how and why we endeavour to make a mark on the world. In a time when western industry wants to reduce us to algorithms and data—something easily categorizable and predictable—Smith shows us why our humanity, our individual complexities, matter more than ever.