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Here, in book form, are four lectures given by Ali Smith at Oxford University, a tidal wave of ideas in four thematically organised bursts of thought: 'On Time', 'On Form', 'On Edge' and 'On Offer and On Reflection'.

Refusing 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. Full of both the poignancy and humour of fiction and all the sideways insights and jaunty angles you would expect from Ali Smith's criticism, it explores form, style, life, love, death, mortality, immortality and what art and writing can mean.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and the Orange prize, and winner of the Encore Award and the Arts Council Scottish Book Award, Ali Smith is one of our most interesting writers at work today. Artful shows her at her most innovative, warm and generous best.

'Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today' Daily Telegraph

'She's a genius, genuinely modern in the heroic, glorious sense' Alain de Botton

'A true and valuable British original' Nick Hornby

'Smith's love of language lights up all her books . . . she's someone to relish' The New York Times Book Review


Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge. She is the author of There but for the, Free Love, Like, Hotel World, Other Stories and Other Stories, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy and The First Person and Other Stories.

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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-11-01 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Export Artful presents. in book form. four lectures given by Ali Smith at Oxford University.Refusing 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. Full of both the poignancy and humour of fiction and all the sideways insights and jaunty angles you would expect from Ali Smiths criticism . it explores form. style. life. love. death. mortality. immortality and what art and writing can mean.Part fiction. part essay. Artful is a revelation of what writing can do and a reaffirmation of Ali Smiths unmatched literary powers.
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'Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today.' Daily Telegraph

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  • PublisherHamish Hamilton
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 0241145414
  • ISBN 13 9780241145418
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages240
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