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Why are books so powerful? What does it mean to know a writer through his or her books? Ali Smith's unique voice brings us a collection of intelligent stories, united by literature and a love of language, and which constitutes a very eloquent defense of public libraries, those places of joy, freedom, community and discovery. As in the rest of her works, Ali Smith shows us in this volume her love of books and her passion for her favorite authors, arguing that one can know a writer better than a friend and that reading is borrowing without guilt.

Ali Smith (Inverness, 1964). Tuvo una madre irlandesa, un padre inglés y una educación escocesa (hasta que comenzó su doctorado en Newnham College, Cambridge). A los veinte años, después de que un debilitante ataque de síndrome de fatiga crónica descarriló su carrera académica, comenzó a escribir. Ahora, autora de ocho novelas y seis colecciones de cuentos, crea lo que podría llamarse ficción experimental, pero con un estilo fácil, agradable y de emocionante lectura. Escribe en The Guardian, The Scotsman y el Times Library Supplement. Actualmente vive en Cambridge. Es la autora de Free Love, Like, Other Stories and Other Stories, Hotel World, Public Library.