"The First Person and Other Stories" effortlessly appeals to our hearts, heads and funny bones. Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, Smith explores the ways and whys of storytelling. In one, a middle-aged woman conducts a poignant conversation with her gauche fourteen-year-old self. In another, an innocent supermarket shopper finds in her trolley a foul-mouthed, insulting and beautiful child. Challenging the boundaries between fiction and reality, a third presents its narrator, 'Ali', as she drinks tea, phones a friend and muses on the relationship between the short story and - a nymph. Innovative, sophisticated and intelligent, the stories in "The First Person and Other Stories" are packed full of ideas, jokes, nuance and compassion. Ali Smith and the short story are made for each other.
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2012-02-17
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Oj鋗n - men s 鋜 det v鋖 oftast med novellsamlingar, 鋠en n鋜 v鋜ldens b鋝ta ali smith 鋜 f鰎fattaren. Hon skriver fantastiskt och m錸ga av novellerna f錸gar mig men vissa har jag tom gl鰉t bort.den om kvinnan som hittar ett barn i sin shoppingvagn var sjukt bra och har v鋢t sig fast i mitt medvetande.
