Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet)

Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet)

<b>MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST</b><br><b>Long-listed for the Gordon Burn Prize<br></b><br><b>One of the <i>New York Times</i> 10 Best Books of the Year <br>A <i>Washington Post </i>Notable Book <br>One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Dwight Garner/<i>The New York Times</i>, Martha Kearney/<i>The Guardian</i>, <i>Slate</i>, <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, <i>Southern Living</i>, <i>Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel</i>, <i>The Morning News</i>, <i>Kirkus Reviews </i></b><br><br>Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Two old friends€"Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984€"look to both the future and the past as the United Kingdom stands divided by a historic, once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand-in-hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever. <br>  <br> A luminous meditation on the meaning of richness and harvest and worth, <i>Autumn</i> is the first installment of Ali Smith€s Seasonal quartet, and it casts an eye over our own time: Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearean jeu d€esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s pop art. Wide-ranging in time-scale and light-footed through histories, <i>Autumn</i> is an unforgettable story about aging and time and love€"and stories themselves.