Ali Smith's "A Bit of a Road," a Lock as a Common Thread
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Ali Smith, in her garden in Cambridge, in 2021. (Antonio Olmos /Guardian. Eyevine. Bureau233)
Up until now, things were relatively clear. There were four seasons, and one book per season. In order: Autumn , Winter , Spring and Summer . So, we had reached the end of the cycle launched in 2015 by the novelist Ali Smith. In the end, like Shakespeare, the revenants returned, the circle closed, each had found his each (or each his each, or however you like because
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