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Ali Smith

Ali Smith discusses her Seasonal quartet of novels which examine the world we live in now, with Andrew Marr

Ali Smith talks to Andrew Marr about Summer, the finale to her ambitious, ground-breaking Seasonal quartet of novels. Since 2016, the prize-winning writer has been working on a cycle of novels that not only explore the changing seasons, but reflect the times we are living in. With the tightest turnaround from manuscript to book, Smith’s ambition was to create real contemporaneous β€˜state of the nation’ works. She reflects on a country voting on its future, people and families on the brink of change, and now living through a pandemic, while also understanding how art, nature and landscape speak of a deeper truth.

Producer: Katy Hickman
Photograph by Sarah Wood

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42 minutes

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Mon 28 Jun 2021 21:30

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  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 09:00
  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 21:30

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