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The Accidental
- Author
- Ali Smith
- Narrator
- Amaka Okafor, Sheila Atim
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 11 February 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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From the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted, Baileys Women's Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet
The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light.
A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling.
'Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . . Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph
'A beguiling page-turner... To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last' Independent
'Joyous' The Times
© Ali Smith 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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Details
- Author
- Ali Smith
- Narrator
- Amaka Okafor, Sheila Atim
- Duration
- 8 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241992944
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. From the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted, Baileys Women's Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartetThe Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light.A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling.'Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious. . . Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph'A beguiling page-turner... To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last' Independent'Joyous' The Times© Ali Smith 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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