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Autumn

by Ali Smith

Friendship, time and a divided present

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Man Booker Prize finalist

    The metadata identifies Autumn as a Man Booker Prize finalist.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship, time and a divided present

In the opening book of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, the friendship between Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984, brings different generations into view. Their past and future are set against a United Kingdom marked by a divisive, historic summer, while the changing seasons frame questions of time, love, hope and value. The description also points to the novel’s wide historical reach, with references to Shakespeare, Keats and 1960s pop art. Autumn connects private lives with public change, and makes storytelling itself part of its reflection on what is remembered, lost and gathered over time.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in intergenerational friendship and reflections on aging and time.
  • Readers drawn to fiction that places personal lives alongside social and political change.
  • Readers interested in novels that engage with literary and artistic references.

Themes

Friendship across generationsAging and timeLove, loss and hopeSocial division and changeStorytelling and memory

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Book overview

MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST - The first novel in Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet is an unforgettable story about aging and time and love--and stories themselves.

Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Two old friends--Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984--look to both the future and the past as the United Kingdom stands divided by a historic, once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand-in-hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever.

A luminous meditation on the meaning of richness and harvest and worth, Autumn is the first installment of Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet, and it casts an eye over our own time: Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearean jeu d'esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s pop art. Autumn is wide-ranging in time-scale and light-footed through histories.
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