'Playful, bold, tender . . . in Glyph we see a major British writer answering the call of the day' Guardian
Ghosts don't exist.
They don't. End of.
Story, however.
It is haunting.
Everything tells it.
It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.
Is it imaginary? Is it real?
Then 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.
What to do? She phones her sister.
In a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, Glyph asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, Glyph is 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.
A standalone novel, it's family to Gliff (2024).
| ISBN: | 9781405959476 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 2027 |
| Author: | Ali Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
| Other Genres: |
'Playful, bold, tender . . . in Glyph we see a major British writer answering the call of the day' Guardian
Ghosts don't exist.
They don't. End of.
Story, however.
It is haunting.
Everything tells it.
It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.
Is it imaginary? Is it real?
Then 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.
What to do? She phones her sister.
In a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, Glyph asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, Glyph is 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.
A standalone novel, it's family to Gliff (2024).
Glyph features in the following genres: Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Control, privacy and safety in society, Science fiction: near future, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Politics, Speculative fiction
Glyph is available in Paperback, Hardback
Glyph was written by Ali Smith and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Glyph has 240 pages
£8.99
