{"product_id":"gliff-by-ali-smith-9781405959452","title":"Gliff","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO brave new world, that has such people in't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a truism of our time that it'll be the next generation who'll sort out our increasingly toxic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would that actually be like?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what's a horse got to do with any of this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGliff\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46552358191340,"sku":"9781405959452","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15791003482688.jpg?v=1750042725","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/gliff-by-ali-smith-9781405959452","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}