| Artful Contributor(s): Smith, Ali (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143124498 ISBN-13: 9780143124498 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A stimulating combination of literary criticism, essay, and fiction" (The New Yorker) from the incomparable Ali Smith Artful is a celebration of literature's worth in and to the world--it is about the things art can do, the things art is made of, and the quicksilver nature of all artfulness. A magical hybrid that refuses to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted--literally--by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature. Ali Smith's heady powers as a novelist and short story writer harmonize with her keen perceptions as a reader and critic to form a living thing that reminds us that life and art are never separate. |