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    The Light and the Dark: On Ali Smith’s ‘Summer’

    by Jean Huets Sep 25, 2020 4 minutes

    Don’t you think it’s sad when people say they can’t wait for summer to end? Like, I can’t wait for this chunk of my life to be over with. It’s too hot, it’s too boring, the sky’s not blue enough. It’s not autumn.

    I couldn’t wait for Summer to arrive this year, though Spring was a bit disappointing. And when finally I held Ali Smith’s book in my hands, I wasn’t eager for it to end. Though it had to, of course.

    So?

    So.

    Ali Smith’s Summer opens:

    Everyone said: so?

    As in So what?

    The question mark of indifference, rejection,

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