{"product_id":"spring-9781101969960","title":"Spring","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize Finalist comes the third novel in her Seasonal Quartet--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elonglisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpring. The great connective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an eye to the migrancy of story over time and riffing on \u003ci\u003ePericles, \u003c\/i\u003e one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tell the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls and lockdown, Smith opens the door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe time we're living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHope springs eternal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALI SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eWinter, Autumn, Public library and other stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow to be both, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel of the Year Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646901719314,"sku":"9781101969960","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf1179f8-90aa-42cc-aecb-ee11bcb7bf99.jpg?v=1733189443","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spring-9781101969960","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}