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In this second novel in her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, the follow-up to her sensational Autumn, Smith's shape-shifting quartet of novels casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory and warmth, its taproot deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter.It's the season that teaches us survival.Here comes Winter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ali Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213599600700,"sku":"9780241973332","price":1871.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/Winter.jpg?v=1776713963"},{"product_id":"how-to-be-both","title":"How To Be Both","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014WINNER OF THE 2014 COSTA NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014NOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015How to be bothand is the dazzling, award-winning novel by Ali SmithPassionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else.How to be bothand is a novel all about art's versatility. 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