At the outset of the novel, Richard, who is suicidal, has “had it with story” (11).
Analyze the growing weariness of and resistance to story that various characters express in this novel. What is Smith showing about the power, effect, or consequence of story on people’s lives, and how does this reflect the concerns of plague writing we’ve discussed so far this semester?
(Ali Smith- Spring a novel) is what this essay is about. It relates it to the plague by albert camus and station eleven by emily st john mandel. he said sources should only be from the book