{"product_id":"artful-paperback","title":"Artful - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAli Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Smith melds the tale and the essay into a magical hybrid form, a song of praise to the power of stories in our lives\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn February 2012, the novelist Ali Smith delivered the Weidenfeld lectures on European comparative literature at St. Anne's College, Oxford. Her lectures took the shape of this set of discursive stories. Refusing to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, \u003ci\u003eArtful\u003c\/i\u003e is narrated by a character who is haunted--literally--by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature.\u003cbr\u003e A hypnotic dialogue unfolds, a duet between and a meditation on art and storytelling, a book about love, grief, memory, and revitalization. Smith's heady powers as a fiction writer harmonize with her keen perceptions as a reader and critic to form a living thing that reminds us that life and art are never separate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Artful \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about the things art can do, the things art is full of, and the quicksilver nature of all artfulness. It glances off artists and writers from Michelangelo through Dickens, then all the way past postmodernity, exploring every form, from ancient cave painting to 1960s cinema musicals. This kaleidoscope opens up new, inventive, elastic insights--on the relation of aesthetic form to the human mind, the ways we build our minds from stories, the bridges art builds between us. \u003ci\u003eArtful\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of literature's worth in and to the world and a meaningful contribution to that worth in itself. There has never been a book quite like it.\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 of the Year Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, she won the George Orwell Prize for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.87 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749012668704,"sku":"9780593687581","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a38497e41a398e6617a5dc5caf599b53.webp?v=1779922908","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/artful-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}