{"product_id":"glyph-1","title":"Glyph","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt sounds like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGliff\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eWell, it's something else altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts don't exist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey don't. End of.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory, however.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is haunting.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything tells it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.\u003cbr\u003eIs it imaginary? Is it real?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom.\u003cbr\u003eWhat to do? She phones her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003easks if we’re attending to the history that’s made us and to the history we’re making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anti-war novel, Ali Smith’s most soulful, playful and vital yet, is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA standalone novel, it’s family to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGliff\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 288 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: Hamish Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: March 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780241665596\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"by Ali Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166595944503,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/files\/9780241665596_1.jpg?v=1774920671","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/glyph-1","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}