How to be both A novel
How to be both by Ali Smith is a reprint novel published by National Geographic Books on October 13, 2015. This 336-page work explores the versatility of art through a narrative that intertwines the lives of a Renaissance artist from the 1460s and a contemporary child of the 1960s. The book presents a unique literary experience that blends various forms, times, and truths, inviting readers to engage with its innovative structure.
Readers will find a fast-moving conversation that delves into themes of love and injustice, creating a singular narrative where time becomes fluid and the boundaries between fiction and reality blur. The storytelling is characterized by a playful yet thoughtful approach, reflecting on the complexities of life and the second chances it offers. With its focus on literary and historical elements, How to be both offers a distinctive exploration of human experience through the lens of art.
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • A novel all about art’s versatility, borrowing from painting’s fresco technique to make an original literary double-take.
“Cements Smith’s reputation as one of the finest and most innovative of our contemporary writers. By some divine alchemy, she is both funny and moving; she combines intellectual rigor with whimsy” —The Los Angeles Review of Books
How to be both is a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There’s a Renaissance artist of the 1460s. There’s the child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious, fictional gets real—and all life’s givens get given a second chance. Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith’s novels are like nothing else.
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