Winter

A unique generational series, Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet is a masterpiece about love, time, art, politics, and how we live today. Winter? Dreary. Frosty winds, the earth like iron, water like stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and trembling. The leaves of summer? Dead and withered. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. And where there is ice, there will also be fire. In Ali Smith's Winter, the life force is in harmony with the harshness of the seasons. In this second novel of her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, following her sensational Autumn, Smith takes a cheerful look at a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory, and warmth, whose roots lie deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter. It is the season that teaches us survival. Here comes winter. Discover all four parts: Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Ali Smith's new novel, Companion Piece, is now available for pre-order.

Fascinating. Even in the bleak midwinter, Smith is evergreen - Daily Telegraph
Graceful, mischievous, joyful. Infused with much-needed humor, happiness, and hope - Independent
A novel of great intensity, tenderness, and generosity of spirit. Radiantly beautiful - Observer.