A review of Ali Smith’s amazing novel Autumn which completely took me back to the summer of 2016 and so cleverly creates a surreal and other-wordly atmosphere. Listen for a breakdown of what is done so well in this book, and a discussion of everything from Brexit and the Profumo affair to synesthesia and life admin. 

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 Sources mentioned: 

 Penguin interview with Ali Smith by Eric Karl Anderson: 

 https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2016/ali-smith-on-autumn/ 

 Profumo Affair on Encyclopedia Britannica: 

 https://www.britannica.com/event/Profumo-affair 

 Guardian interview with Ali Smith by Claire Armistead: 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/23/ali-smith-spring-young-generation-brexit-future 

 Further reading:

 Los Angeles Review of Books interview with Ali Smith by Amy E. Elkins

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/has-art-anything-to-do-with-life-a-conversation-with-ali-smith-on-spring 

 Cari Romm writes about Time-Space Synesthesia for the Cut:  https://www.thecut.com/2016/11/the-form-of-synesthesia-where-people-literally-see-time.html 

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