Ali Smith's novels defy conventional storytelling through experimental narrative structures and rich wordplay, making literature both challenging and accessible. During an interview about her upcoming novel, Gliff—a self-described "dystopian pony book"—Smith demonstrated her playful engagement with language and storytelling. Despite her experimental tendencies, her works resonate widely, earning her critical acclaim and a devoted readership. Her creative choices, like homophonic titles in upcoming works such as Glyph, showcase her disregard for literary norms and her strong interaction with readers, positioning her as a unique voice in contemporary literature.
Her new novel, Gliff, was due out before long; she described it as a "dystopian pony book," clearly pleased to have invented a new genre.
That's Smith in person, and also in her copious fictional output (13 novels and six story collections over the past 30 years).
Her books are challenging-experimental and unabashedly literary-yet welcoming to all, eminently readable even when they're disorienting; they engage the reader, demanding collaboration.
She breaks rules with gleeful abandon, mocking convention, asking her publisher to do things that the industry instinctively abhors.
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