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4441217Gliffhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/gliff-9781405959469/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4250025/image.jpg?v=638809779082430000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4246845/image.jpg?v=638446553255430000226257MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p><em>O brave new world, that has such people int</em>.</p><p>Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.</p><p>What does it mean?</p><p>Its a truism of our time that itll be the next generation wholl sort out our increasingly toxic world.</p><p>What would that actually be like?</p><p>In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?</p><p>And whats a horse got to do with any of this?</p><p><em>Gliff</em> is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, its a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.</p>...4330948Gliff226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/gliff-9781405959469/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4250025/image.jpg?v=638809779082430000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4246845/image.jpg?v=638446553255430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781405959469_W3siaWQiOiIxNmFlNWI1Yy03NWY1LTQ1OWItOTY1OS1jZjQzZTFjY2EzN2QiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQ5NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjg5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjQwNSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781405959469_<p>The first of two novels, <em>Gliff</em>, which is a Scottish/northern word for a shock, a fright, a transient moment, a glance or sudden glimpse, will be followed by a second novel in 2025, called <em>Glyph</em> (a signifying mark as in hieroglyph). <em>Glyph</em>, the second novel, will tell a story which is hidden in the first so the two books will belong together but can be read independently.</p><p>The two books will form a new step in Alis writing journey, different in form and feeling from the Seasonal Quartet (plus <em>Companion piece)</em> and will look very different too. Ali always keeps her novels under wraps until they are finished, and the surprise of reading a book only when it is complete, knowing almost nothing of its content, is part of the magic .</p>...(*_*)9781405959469_<p><em>O brave new world, that has such people int</em>.</p><p>Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.</p><p>What does it mean?</p><p>Its a truism of our time that itll be the next generation wholl sort out our increasingly toxic world.</p><p>What would that actually be like?</p><p>In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?</p><p>And whats a horse got to do with any of this?</p><p><em>Gliff</em> is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, its a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.</p><p><strong>As always, Alis inventiveness and intelligence lit fireworks in my mind. <em>Gliff</em> is an irresistible invitation to rethink and reword our way to a truly brave new world Michelle de Kretser</strong></p>...9781405959469_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_9781405959469_9781405959469Ali SmithInglésMéxico2024-10-31T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/penguinrandomhouseuk-epub-1607a671-7108-4bcb-aabe-ed393a5979b0.epub2024-10-31T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd