{"product_id":"gliff","title":"Gliff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO brave new world, that has such people in't. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house. What does it mean? It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the next generation who’ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat would that actually be like? In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take? And what’s a horse got to do with any of this? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGliff is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ali Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599104991489,"sku":"9781405959452","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2025-04-28T112244.277.png?v=1745835786","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/gliff","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}