Public Library and Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Contemporary Women, Literary
Cover of the book Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Ali Smith ISBN: 9781101973059
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Ali Smith
ISBN: 9781101973059
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we’ve read over our lives—our own personal libraries—make of us? What does the unraveling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us?

The stories in Ali Smith’s new collection are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make.

Woven between the stories are conversations with writers and readers reflecting on the essential role that libraries have played in their lives. At a time when public libraries around the world face threats of cuts and closures, this collection stands as a work of literary activism—and as a wonderful read from one of our finest authors.

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Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we’ve read over our lives—our own personal libraries—make of us? What does the unraveling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us?

The stories in Ali Smith’s new collection are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make.

Woven between the stories are conversations with writers and readers reflecting on the essential role that libraries have played in their lives. At a time when public libraries around the world face threats of cuts and closures, this collection stands as a work of literary activism—and as a wonderful read from one of our finest authors.

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