Beides sein

Ali Smith writes like no one else. In her award-winning novel, she intertwines two lives that are separated by over five hundred years: George, a girl of today who discovers the fascination of observation, and the journey of a fresco artist from the Italian Renaissance. With wit, linguistic brilliance, and an infectious joy in playing with forms, times, truths, and fictions, the British author tells the adventure of art, of seeing and being seen, of the wonder of being human. "Both Sides" is a novel about the contrasts between man and woman, life and death, past and present, and the longing to unite these opposites, as they only form a whole when combined. "Both Sides" consists of two stories that create a unity: there is the story of George, a girl of today, who suddenly loses her life.