![]() Some copies of the book have one half first, some the other. There are two distinct halves to this book and each could possibly stand alone but instead they are linked by a neat twist. This book is unique, in fact there ain’t never been nothing quite like this! That twist again.Īli Smith possesses more than her share of inventiveness, and enthusiasm, and energy. Creativity demands inventiveness, and the enthusiasm and energy to turn the old on its head and reveal the new, to add an original twist. Ali Smith shows such creativity in every other aspect of this book that any reservations I have about the amount of hard fact that show up in this book should be dropped right now.Ĭreativity demands we go beyond what we know, experiment with new ideas, new forms, find new angles to present those new ideas and forms. ![]() She needs to walk the old town she’s writing about from one end to the other but then she needs to throw the guidebook away and leave with only her own impressions, any hard facts should be left in the library. ![]() The author needs to comb the archives but burn her notes after reading. Research is important in a novel written in the twenty first century but which is partly set in Renaissance Italy. How to write a novel about art- everybody’s doing it-without revealing the amount of research that has gone into it. ![]()
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