A teenage girl finds unexpected sexual freedom on a trip to Amsterdam. A woman trapped at a dinner party comes up against an ugly obsession. The stories in Free Love are about desire, memory, sexual ambiguity and the imagination. In the harsh light of dislocation, the people in them still find connections, words blowing in the street, love in unexpected places. Ali Smith shows how things come together and how they break apart. She disconcerts and affirms with the lightest touch, to make us love and live differently.

The timeless and unique collection of short stories is Ali Smith's first. 'I love her prose' - Kate Atkinson

About the Author
Ali Smith was born in Inverness and lives in Cambridge. She is the author of three collections of stories and three novels. Hotel World was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize in 2001 and her latest novel, The Accidental, won the 2006 Whitbread Novel Award. Ali reviews regularly for the Guardian, the Scotsman and the TLS.

Reviews
A sweetly memorable collection ... A major talent * THE TIMES *
A sweetly memorable collection ... A major talent * THE TIMES *
Exquisitely delicate, unsentimental observations ... A time for celebration * BERNARD MACLAVERTY *
Exquisitely delicate, unsentimental observations ... A time for celebration * BERNARD MACLAVERTY *


Awards
Winner of Saltire Literary Award 1995 and Scottish Arts Council Book Award 1995.



Book Information
ISBN 9781860495847
Author Ali Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 148g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 12mm