There is no story in Public Library and Other Stories actually called “Public Library”; none is set in a library, or refers directly to bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. · Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith review – passionate about the printed word. Ali Smith’s collection of clever short stories, linked by Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Like. “Democracy or reading, democracy of space: our public library tradition, wherever we live in the wide world, was incredibly hard-won for us by the generations before us and ought to be protected, not just for ourselves but in the name of every generation after us.”. ― Ali Smith, Public Library and Other bltadwin.ru: Ali Smith.
Preview — Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith. Public Library and Other Stories Quotes Showing of 7. "Elsewhere there are no mobile phones. Elsewhere sleep is deep and the mornings are wonderful. Elsewhere art is endless, exhibitions are free and galleries are open twenty-four hours a day. Editorial Reviews. This collection of stories by one of England's best novelists is both playful and serious in the manner of Laurence Sterne, the 18th-century author of Tristram Shandy As distinct and idiosyncratic as Public Library is its themes are also timeless and universal Books, libraries, writers, words—these are all Smith's subjects.. She tells us of the astonishingly common. Ali Smith is the author of Free Love and Other Stories, Like, Other Stories and Other Stories, Hotel World, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy, The First Person and Other Stories, There but for the, Artful, How to be both, Public library and other stories and Autumn. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and The Accidental was.
An engaging collection of stories that explore how people are connected by words, ideas, events, and memories and, not coincidentally, how those connections may be lost when public libraries are closed. Scottish writer Smith (How to Be Both, , etc.) notes that U.K. budget cuts threaten to close as many as 1, public libraries. She describes her latest book as one “that celebrates the communal impact on us of books and of reading.”. Ali Smith was born in Inverness in She is the author of Spring, Winter, Autumn, Public. Ali Smith's 'Public Library and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories interspersed with brief essays written by writers and friends of Ms Smith's on the importance of the library service. As an ode to the Public Library this little book works well and Ms Smith's semi-autobiographical short stories make this an even more interesting read.
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