{"product_id":"glyph-9780593701584","title":"Glyph","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a literary master, a novel of ghosts and history and family legacy, of the unexpected acts of care that shine light into our dark.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it imaginary? Is it real? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat to do? She phones her sister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chiarascuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, \u003ci\u003eGlyph \u003c\/i\u003easks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, \u003ci\u003eGlyph \u003c\/i\u003eis about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness. This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ali Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.36w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593701584","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717368631433,"sku":"9780593701584","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a8a98775-4690-4e7e-bef9-1b37edf8ac27.jpg?v=1778612571","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/glyph-9780593701584","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}