Girl Meets Boy
{{Short description|Book by Ali Smith}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Girl Meets Boy
| image = File:GirlMeetsBoy.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = First edition
with quote from Joyce Carol Oates
| author = Ali Smith
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Tracey Emin
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| subject =
| genre =
| publisher = Canongate Books
| pub_date = 1 Nov 2007
| media_type = Print & eBook
| pages = 164
| isbn = 1-84767-264-7
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-best-books-of-2007-766578.html|title=The best books of 2007|website=Independent.co.uk |date=30 December 2007|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2017}}
Plot
A modern-day reinterpretation of Ovid's myth of Iphis,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/girl-meets-boy-by-ali-smith-397883.html|title=Girl Meets Boy, by Ali Smith|website=Independent.co.uk |date=28 October 2007|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2017}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/popgb/smitha4.htm The Complete Review]
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Category:Novels about lesbian topics
Category:Novels set in Highland (council area)
Category:Canongate Books books
Category:Works based on Metamorphoses
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