2026/086: Glyph — Ali Smith
Thursday, June 18th, 2026 10:26 am2026/086: Glyph — Ali Smith
Whoever you thought you weren’t speaking to must’ve heard you after all. [loc. 607]
This is indeed connected to Gliff, but not in the way I think I expected. The roughly contemporary setting allows the characters -- Petra, her estranged younger sister Patricia ('Patch'), and Patricia's adopted daughter Billie -- to literally and figuratively protest the war in Gaza, and to tie society's lack of empathy to the Covid pandemic. ( Read more... )
