AUTUMN

by Ali Smith

This book is absolutely delicious. It is like a perfectly cooked soufflé. Elisabeth sits next to her elderly former neighbour and reads to him as he sleeps. But despite its quiet setting, this slim book manages to covers everything from friendship to art, feminism and nationalism. No one writes like quite Smith; she has a beautiful humour and generosity to her writing, and I wished this book was twice as long. 

-Recommended by Lindsay

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