![]() The stories these two sections tell are interconnected, but the references will mean different things depending on whether they are being read “backward” or “forward.” Although it is clearly possible – by design – to read either section of the novel first, this summary will start with George’s story and then move on to Francesco’s. Readers don’t know which version they will get until they open the book to start reading. ![]() The Scottish author published the book two different ways: some copies have the modern section first, featuring the story of a young woman named George who is trying to cope with the recent death of her mother and some have the historical section first, featuring the fictional autobiography of the real historical Italian Renaissance painter Francesco del Cossa. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Ali Smith’s novel How to Be Both is an experiment in combining a modern coming of age narrative with a related, but also separate, historical fiction novella. ![]()
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