Gliff by Ali Smith

Gliff by Ali SmithThe first of two novels, Gliff, which is a Scottish northern word for a shock, a fright, a transient moment, a glance or sudden glimpse, will be followed by a second novel in 2025, called Glyph (a signifying mark as in hieroglyph). Glyph, the second novel, will tell a story which is hidden in the first so the two books will belong together but can be read independently. The two books will form a new step in Alis writing journey, different in form and

the `fifth Gospel'

'Dostoyevsky's finest masterpiece' John Bayley

Until he finds out he's a father

MOTHER OF THE NATIONMy people were my children

my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination

These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent

his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction

at the tip of whoever is holding the pencil

talismanic creatures

he must choose between his siblings and the visitors

delving into their personal histories with all their quirks and vulnerabilities

Now Victoria Hislop has collected 100 stories from her favourite women writers into one volume