Artful

By Ali Smith

Book Overview

"A stimulating combination of literary criticism, essay, and fiction" ( The New Yorker ) from the incomparable Ali Smith Artful is a celebration of literature's worth in and to the world--it is about the things art can do, the things art is made of, and the quicksilver nature of all artfulness. A magical hybrid that refuses to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted--literally--by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature. Ali Smith's heady powers as a novelist and short story writer harmonize with her keen perceptions as a reader and critic to form a living thing that reminds us that life and art are never separate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124498
• ISBN13: 9780143124498
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher