"The novel form is always a breaking of the world."
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About Ali Smith
Ali Smith is a Scottish author and playwright born in Inverness in 1962. She studied at the University of Aberdeen and then Cambridge University. Smith has garnered critical acclaim for her novels and short story collections that often explore themes of language, identity, and relationships. Her works have earned numerous awards, including the Whitbread Novel Award, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and the Goldsmiths Prize.
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