Summer
by Ali Smith
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Fiction | 2021 | Winner |
| Orwell Prize for Political Fiction | 2020 | Shortlist |
| Orwell Prize for Political Fiction | 2019 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The final volume of Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet was written and published during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic and addresses, with characteristic associativeness, a Britain fractured by Brexit and locked down. Braiding together a teenage girl's discovery of activism, a detention centre, and a meditation on art and time, the novel won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction in 2021.
About the Author
Ali Smith is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and playwright born in Inverness in 1962. She studied at Aberdeen and Cambridge and has lived in Cambridge. She is one of the most critically acclaimed British writers of her generation, known for fiction that combines formal innovation with warmth, wit, and political engagement. Read more →
