{"product_id":"the-seasons-autumn-winter-spring-summer-and-companion-piece","title":"The Seasons: [Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer] and Companion Piece","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSMITH, Ali\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Seasons: [Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer] and Companion Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon: Hamish Hamilton, 2016-2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vos., 5 vols; teal, ochre, rust, grey and bright purple cloth, respectively; lettered in silver, gilt and orange to spines and upper boards; coloured endpapers; with wraparound wrapper bands illustrated by David Hockney; essentially fine copies all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst editions, first printings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, complete with the wraparounds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll five volumes signed by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein a variety of different coloured inks beneath her name to titles. A series of newspaper clippings have also been loosely inserted, including reviews of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Sunday Times, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutumn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the Daily Telegraph. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAli Smith was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1962. Completing an English Literature and Language degree at the University of Aberdeen, she went on to study American and Irish modernism at Newnham College, Cambridge, but instead began to write plays and as such did not complete the course. Several of her plays were staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she then began to write short stories, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFree Love and other Stories \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereleased in 1995. Veering into journalism,she subsequently contributed articles for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmith began her collection of seasonal novels in 2016 with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAutumn, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea work which concentrated on the ‘state of the nation’ rapidly following the referendum. Widely regarded at the time as the first work to deal predominantly with the subject of Brexit, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2017. It was quickly followed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe following year, which focuses on a family reunion at Christmas; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 2019, which concentrates on themes of immigration and human nature; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 2020, which was strongly influenced by the pandemic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“She plays with folklore, fairytale, Shakespearean doublings and slippages and intricate, interdependent fables that ultimately, like the parts of a lock mechanism, click and open” one reviewer writes, “Smith’s mind is a brilliant conundrum: wildly curious but focused, eclectic and academic.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-f37dca5b-7fff-13ff-fff0-c091810fcd29\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe novels which arguably best depicted the tumultuous years of Brexit and Covid \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecombined, appearing here together signed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56704876249412,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/72202393.jpg?v=1777377378","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-seasons-autumn-winter-spring-summer-and-companion-piece","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}