{"product_id":"glyph-hardcover","title":"Glyph - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAli Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a literary master, a novel of ghosts and history and family legacy, of the unexpected acts of care that shine light into our dark.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts don't exist. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey don't. End of. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory, however. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is haunting. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything tells it. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it imaginary? Is it real? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat to do? She phones her sister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chiarascuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, \u003ci\u003eGlyph \u003c\/i\u003easks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, \u003ci\u003eGlyph \u003c\/i\u003eis about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness. This anti-war novel, Ali Smith's most soulful, playful and vital yet, is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALI SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eCompanion Piece, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \"\u003ci\u003eSeasonal Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \u003ci\u003ePublic library and other stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to be both\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, she won the George Orwell Prize for Political Fiction for \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.51 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45132039356592,"sku":"9780593701584","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/nBo_TgQpML9780593701584.webp?v=1779904984","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/glyph-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}