Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2017 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The first novel in Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet, Autumn opens in the aftermath of Brexit. Elisabeth Demand, a thirty-two-year-old art historian, visits her elderly friend Daniel Gluck in a care home, and reflects on their lifelong friendship. A meditation on time, ageing, love, and what it means to be alive at a moment of historical change. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2017.
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 →
