Reviews
" Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." - "The New York Times" " Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." -- "The Atlantic Monthly" " Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." -- "The Boston Globe" " Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." -- "The New York Observer" " Brims with wit, humor, and energy." -- "The Christian Science Monitor", "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." - The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." -- The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." -- The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." -- The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." -- The Christian Science Monitor, "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." The Christian Science Monitor, from the United Kingdom: "An outstanding novel . . . Exuberantly inventive . . . Beautifully formed and astringently intelligent . . . It is as good as anyone who has been watching the progress of this talented author could possibly have hoped." The Sunday Times "Funny, sexy, poignant, surprising, playful . . . Although the novel dazzles with the richness of language and ideas, it retains a delicious lightness." The Observer "Spectacular . . . Allusive, ambitious and formally acrobatic . . . Original, restless, formally and morally challenging, [Ali Smith] remains a writer who resists definition." The Times Literary Supplement "Amazing . . . Dazzling . . . Smith is one of our greatest imaginative writers." The Scotsman "Joyous . . . Smith plays dizzying games with her story and langua≥ she bends and buckles her prose, breathes fire into it, lets it cool, swirls it up in unimaginable shapes. This is writing as pure rapture, as giddy delight." The Times, "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." -The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." -The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." -The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." -The Christian Science Monitor, "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." - The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." -- The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." -- The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." -- The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." -- The Christian Science Monitor, "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." - The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." - The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." - The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." - The Christian Science Monitor, WINNER OF THE WHITBRED AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL "Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy." - The New York Times "Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell." -- The Atlantic Monthly "Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely." -- The Boston Globe "Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful." -- The New York Observer "Brims with wit, humor, and energy." -- The Christian Science Monitor, from the United Kingdom: "An outstanding novel . . . Exuberantly inventive . . . Beautifully formed and astringently intelligent . . . It is as good as anyone who has been watching the progress of this talented author could possibly have hoped." -"The Sunday Times" "Funny, sexy, poignant, surprising, playful . . . Although the novel dazzles with the richness of language and ideas, it retains a delicious lightness." -"The Observer" "Spectacular . . . Allusive, ambitious and formally acrobatic . . . Original, restless, formally and morally challenging, [Ali Smith] remains a writer who resists definition." -"The Times Literary Supplement" "Amazing . . . Dazzling . . . Smith is one of our greatest imaginative writers." -"The Scotsman" "Joyous . . . Smith plays dizzying games with her story and language; she bends and buckles her prose, breathes fire into it, lets it cool, swirls it up in unimaginable shapes. This is writing as pure rapture, as giddy delight." -"The Times" "From the Hardcover edition."
