Description

The Random may be the entertaining, wickedly funny tale of the mysterious stranger whose unexpected appearance throughout a family’s summertime vacation changes four variously disappointed people. Each one of the Smarts–parents Event and Michael, son Magnus, and the newest, child Astrid–encounter Emerald in his or her own solipsistic approach, but somehow her existence enables them to se their lives (and their existence together) in a brand new light. Smith’s exciting service with vocabulary, her narrative independence, and her chromatic wordplay launch the novel to its surprising, incredibly enigmatic conclusion.Ali Smith’s recommended novel won the prestigious Whitbread Award and was a finalist for the Person Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.