Books by Ali Smith

Book SynopsisThere's Amy and there's Ash. There's ice and there's fire. There's England and there's Scotland. Ali Smith evokes the twin spirits of time and place in an extraordinarily powerful first novel, which teases out the connections between people, the attractions, the ghostly repercussions. By turns funny, haunting and disconcertingly moving, LIKE soars across hidden borders between cultures, countries, families, friends and lovers. Subtle and complex, it confounds expectations about fiction and truths. 'Ingenious, shimmering fiction, written with a poetic grace that subtly illuminates the tensions between hope and desire, between past and present' Scotland on SundayTrade ReviewAn endearing first novel * ELLE *An endearing first novel * ELLE *Beautifully written in precise, poetic prose that successfully evokes the love of like for like * OBSERVER *Beautifully written in precise, poetic prose that successfully evokes the love of like for like * OBSERVER *I have been looking forward to seeing Ali Smith's novel since reading FREE LOVE and I have not been disappointed. I've thoroughly enjoyed the book, I love Ali Smith's prose - clear and lucid and at the same time full of little quirks and subtleties that make hers an individual voice. Not only was the novel beautifully written but it was fascinating reading * Kate Atkinson *I have been looking forward to seeing Ali Smith's novel since reading FREE LOVE and I have not been disappointed. I've thoroughly enjoyed the book, I love Ali Smith's prose - clear and lucid and at the same time full of little quirks and subtleties that make hers an individual voice. Not only was the novel beautifully written but it was fascinating reading * Kate Atkinson *This impressive debut novel... is full of subtleties and surprises * SUNDAY TIMES *This impressive debut novel... is full of subtleties and surprises * SUNDAY TIMES *

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Book SynopsisA seminal fiction collection that stretches from Gertrude Stein to Grace Paley, from Edith Wharton to Angela Carter, from Mae West to Margaret Atwood, from Zora Neale Hurston to Joyce Carol Oates. Add to this another ninety-two brilliant writers a reader can relish the thought of careering between - and all collected together in the one anthology. An international celebration of extracts that chart our time: stories of poverty and wealth, work and play, tales of changing environments - both urban and rural, in peace and wartime. A book of Virago authors with every year of the twentieth century represented by groundbreaker after literary groundbreaker. Brilliant Careers gathers all the energies and circumstances of twentieth-century women writers into the one book, covering ten decades from the century closest to all our hearts, swinging from one end to the other of a hundred years of history and change via the very best of twentieth century fiction.Trade ReviewReadable and provocative * OBSERVER *The scope and variety on display here should satisfy any reader interested in great literature * SCOTSMAN *An immaculately and exhaustively researched overview of women's writing * FINANCIAL TIMES *"A writer for every year of the 20th Century': delving into its impressive list of Modern Classics, in Brilliant Careers the feminist publishing house Virago has come up with a new literary anthology of women's writing. From Miles Franklin, the represent * Vicky Lebeau, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW *

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Book SynopsisWhat makes for a good short story? Being short, you might think the storys structure would yield an answer to this question more readily than, say, the novel. But for as long as the short story has been around, arguments have raged as to what it should and shouldnt be made up of, what it should and shouldnt do. Here,15 leading contemporary practitioners offer structural appreciations of past masters of the form as well as their own perspectives on what the short story does so well. The best short stories dont have closure, argues one contributor, because life doesnt have closure; plot must be written with the denouement constantly in view, quotes another. Covering a century of writing that arguably saw all the major short forms emerge, from Hawthornes Twice Told Tales to Kafkas modernist nightmares, these essays offer new and unique inroads into classic texts, both for the literature student and aspiring writer.

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Book SynopsisLondon today is embattled as rarely before. In a city of enormous wealth, poverty is rampant. The burnt-out hulk of Grenfell Tower stands as an appalling reminder that inequality can be so acute as to be murderous. Here, Claire Armitstead has drawn together fiction, reportage and poetry to capture the schisms defining the contemporary city. With nearly 40% of the capital's population born outside the country, Tales of Two Londons eschews what Armitstead labels a "tyranny of tone," emphasising voices rarely heard. Featuring writers such as Ali Smith, Jon Snow, Arifa Akbar and Ruth Padel alongside stories from previously unpublished immigrants and refugees, this is a compelling collection which captures the fabric of the city: its housing, its food, its pubs, its buses, even its graveyards.

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Book SynopsisEn esta colección de cuentos, Ali Smith muestra una original inventiva y un enorme talento para el lenguaje. En el relato que da título, un joven viaja por el campo británico comprando ediciones de El gran Gatsby para su hermana; y ella tiene la intención de usar los libros para construir un barco. A veces cómicas, a veces perturbadoras, estas doce historias nos desconciertan y, a la vez, nos atraen. Su escritura nos sorprende con su intimidad e imaginación, su agudeza y precisión. Su trabajo ha sido definido como ?una carta de amor al mundo?, y realmente lo parece. Joyce Carol Oates

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Book SynopsisAbans de l?estiu. La Sacha i en Robert són germans. Un d?ells veu els problemes del planeta, l?altre només crea problemes. En un estiu passat, en Daniel i la Hannah són germans i saben que viuen en temps de descompte. Tornarem als personatges del quartet estacional per descobrir que, malgrat les diferències, tots estem connectats.Estiu tanca la sèrie de novelles del quartet estacional recollint de nou la preocupació per l?emergència climàtica, els migrants, la divisió i la polarització. Als nombrosos premis guanyats per l?autora, amb Estiu hi suma l?Orwell Prize per Literatura Política, on el jurat resol: ?La conclusió del quartet estacional d?Ali Smith segella la seva reputació com la gran cronista de la nostra època?.

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Book SynopsisFundador de la economía clásica y autor de " La riqueza de las naciones " , Adam Smith (1723-1790) suele ser tenido sólo como economista, pero el campo de sus intereses intelectuales fue mucho más amplio. Miembro destacado de la Escuela Escocesa de Filosofía Moral y amigo de David Hume, Smith fue un notable moralista, admirador de la severidad estoica y una persona preocupada por las reglas que gobiernan la conducta humana. De hecho, la obra que en su día le deparó más fama fue " La teoría de los sentimientos morales " , publicada en 1759 y traducida íntegramente por primera vez en lengua española en esta edición. Según Adam Smith, de la mezcla ponderada de simpatía hacia los sentimientos ajenos y de amor propio, que no egoísmo, surgen valores morales que en última instancia hacen posible que individuos interesados en sí mismos puedan convivir en una sociedad justa, pacífica, próspera y libre.Estudio preliminar y traducción de Carlos Rodríguez Braun

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Book SynopsisEn la medida en que todo individuo procura en lo posible invertir su capital en la actividad nacional y orientar esa actividad para que su producción alcance el máximo valor, todo individuo necesariamente trabaja para hacer que el ingreso anual de la sociedad sea el máximo posible. Es verdad que por regla general ni intente promover el interés general ni sabe en qué medida lo está promoviendo. Al preferir dedicarse a la actividad nacional más que a la extranjera sólo persigue su propia seguridad; y al orientar esa actividad de manera que produzca un valor máximo busca sólo su propio beneficio, pero en este caso como en otros una mano invisible lo conduce a promover un objetivo que no entraba en sus propósitos. El que sea así no es necesariamente malo para la sociedad. Al perseguir su propio interés frecuentemente fomentará el de la sociedad mucho más eficazmente que si de hecho intentase fomentarlo (The Wealth of Nations, IV, ji).

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