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Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances?
Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold.
It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.
Funny and fresh, poetic and political, Girl meets boy is a myth of metamorphosis for the modern world.
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"Girl Meets Boy pulls you in and doesn't let you go . . . bold and brilliant" (JACKIE KAY Observer)
"A glorious wide-awake dream of a book . . . Powerful . . . By the time I finished the book, my heart was beating and tears stood in my eyes, even as I had the biggest smile written all over my face" (KIRSTY GUNN Observer)
"Girl Meets Boy is not about life after death, but it is a joyful celebration of life in all its strange shapes" (JEANETTE WINTERSON The Times)
"Clever, complex and thrilling" (TLS)
"Poetic . . . Smith remembers what the ancients knew: that musical words drum a beat through to understanding" (The Times)
"A joyful and playful remix . . . The result is an ecstatic, exhilarating helter-skelter ride of a story which shows just how relevant Ovid's myth of the transformative power of love is to modern readers" (Financial Times)
"Exuberant . . . has something of Ovid's erotic lilt to it . . . This slender, sweet natured, lyrical tale not only nods but winks and grins at the many books it could not have been written without" (Guardian)
"Those familiar with Smith's playfully inventive fiction will not be disappointed by this light-as-air retelling of Ovid's tale . . . this jolly jeu d'esprit wears its heart defiantly on its sleeve" (The Times)
"[A] whimsical spin on the myth of Iphis and Ianthe . . . mischief, enchantment and impish wit . . . [Smith's] dancing prose and nimble storytelling are palpable hits" (Sunday Times)
"In this modern-day reinterpretation, Ali Smith, with humour and typical linguistic versatility, explores issues of homophobia, corporate and social responsibility and the sheer vertiginous feeling of falling in love." (Independent on Sunday)
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"A glorious wide-awake dream of a book . . . Powerful . . . By the time I finished the book, my heart was beating and tears stood in my eyes, even as I had the biggest smile written all over my face" (KIRSTY GUNN Observer)
"Girl Meets Boy is not about life after death, but it is a joyful celebration of life in all its strange shapes" (JEANETTE WINTERSON The Times)
"Clever, complex and thrilling" (TLS)
"Poetic . . . Smith remembers what the ancients knew: that musical words drum a beat through to understanding" (The Times)
"A joyful and playful remix . . . The result is an ecstatic, exhilarating helter-skelter ride of a story which shows just how relevant Ovid's myth of the transformative power of love is to modern readers" (Financial Times)
"Exuberant . . . has something of Ovid's erotic lilt to it . . . This slender, sweet natured, lyrical tale not only nods but winks and grins at the many books it could not have been written without" (Guardian)
"Those familiar with Smith's playfully inventive fiction will not be disappointed by this light-as-air retelling of Ovid's tale . . . this jolly jeu d'esprit wears its heart defiantly on its sleeve" (The Times)
"[A] whimsical spin on the myth of Iphis and Ianthe . . . mischief, enchantment and impish wit . . . [Smith's] dancing prose and nimble storytelling are palpable hits" (Sunday Times)
"In this modern-day reinterpretation, Ali Smith, with humour and typical linguistic versatility, explores issues of homophobia, corporate and social responsibility and the sheer vertiginous feeling of falling in love." (Independent on Sunday)
A dazzling piece of storytelling from one of Britain's most brilliant writers
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- Publication date2008
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