Conclusion. How Ali Smith's fiction promotes solidarity through dialogue

What is it about?

This chapter brings together the main ideas from the book, showing how Ali Smith’s novels form a continuous, dialogue-driven body of work. It explains how her stories relate to earlier texts and key themes, characters, and storytelling styles that run through her novels and short stories. Smith’s characters often face trauma that reflects larger social or environmental conflicts. Her works also engage with other art forms and nature, offering ideas for solving problems and promoting understanding. Overall, Smith's fiction shows that dialogue—between people, art, and nature—is essential for creating peace, community, and a shared future.

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Why is it important?

This chapter is important because it highlights how Smith’s novels promote unity and understanding through ongoing dialogue—within texts, with other arts, and with the natural world. Her work encourages us to see art and literature as tools for creating social and ecological harmony, fostering a sense of community rooted in both human and environmental respect. It highlights her contribution to shaping a hopeful cultural vision that values creative exchange and collective well-being.