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84 Ratings

4.4

Series

4 of 4

Duration
9H 24min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

NOMINATED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE

The unmissable finale to Ali Smith's dazzling literary tour de force: the Seasonal quartet concludes in 2020 with Summer

In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time.

This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: where does family begin? And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common?

PRAISE FOR SEASONAL:

'The novel of the year is obviously Autumn' Observer on Autumn

'Masterful... Winter is utterly original' New York Times Book Review on Winter

'Luminous, generous, hope-filled... A dazzling hymn to hope. Ali Smith is lighting us a path out of the nightmarish now' Observer on Spring

'Smith's seasonal quartet of novels is a bold and brilliant experiment' Independent

© 2020 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004001835

Release date

Audiobook: 6 August 2020

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