An act of resistance in 1920s Sicily was one of the inspirations for Ali Smith’s latest novel. The author describes her chance encounter with the Sacco family and why their story still resonates
ast December. Five days after Christmas. England under a louring sky. Beyond, immediate, invisible, pressing down on every single person on the planet, the current international constellation of authoritarians, beneath them the tens of thousands of the dead.
Do you think my car will be safe if I leave it parked there tonight, or will someone give me a fine? he said. Meanwhile the girl had leaned her head, then her whole self, against Sarah’s side and closed her eyes.
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