Girl Meets Boy

Girl Meets Boy
First edition
with quote from Joyce Carol Oates
AuthorAli Smith
Cover artistTracey Emin
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCanongate Books
Publication date
1 Nov 2007
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint & eBook
Pages164
ISBN1-84767-264-7

Girl Meets Boy is a 2007 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith and published by Canongate in the Canongate Myth Series. It was one of the "best books of 2007" according to critics at The Independent.[1]

Plot

A modern-day reinterpretation of Ovid's myth of Iphis,[2] it concerns two sisters, Anthea and Imogen (Midge) living in Inverness. Imogen works in the marketing department of a large company producing bottled water, Anthea is on work experience in the same department but then falls in love with Robin, a genderqueer environmental activist. It also vividly portrays her sister Imogen and her joyful emergence from low self-esteem.

Cover drawing

The cover drawing on the first edition is by Tracey Emin and entitled Self-portrait as a Small Bird.

Reception

Upon release, Girl Meets Boy was generally well-received. Globally, Complete Review saying on the consensus "Not quite a consensus, but many quite taken by it".[3]

References

  1. ^ "The best books of 2007". Independent.co.uk. 30 December 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Girl Meets Boy, by Ali Smith". Independent.co.uk. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Girl Meets Boy". Complete Review. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.


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