Autumn smith novel7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() He’s 101 when the story begins, in a nursing home, and just barely sentient. ![]() ![]() “Autumn” is about a long platonic friendship between an elderly man and a much younger woman. “Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.” Aubyn wrote in his novel “Lost for Words” (2014). “The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance,’” Edward St. Timeliness in fiction is nearly always overpraised. This book is the first of an anticipated four novels in a seasonal cycle, in the manner of Vivaldi’s violin concertos or George Winston’s Schroeder-like piano albums, and clearly it was written quickly. This is no strong claim on our attention. It takes place after the events of June 23, when Britain voted to leave the European Union. When Ali Smith’s eighth novel, “Autumn,” was published in Britain last fall, it was hailed as the first serious work of post-Brexit fiction. ![]()
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