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Girl Meets Boy : the Myth of Iphis by Smith, Ali is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In Girl Meets Boy , Ali Smith reinterprets the Myth of Iphis, the girl who became a boy, as a brilliant hybrid of satire and romantic comedy. Anthea works at Pure, helping men with shaved heads think up brand names for water: call it Affluent, she suggests. Or Main Stream. She is not, truth be told, completely focused. Until she sees the boy up the ladder, spray-painting the company billboard: WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT, she reads. SELLING IT IS MORALLY WRONG. The boy up the ladder, dressed in a kilt and sporran. A bright red tartan; a black waistcoat. Frilly cuffs. He is the most beautiful boy Anthea has ever seen in her life. No, look again. She is the most beautiful boy Anthea has ever seen in her life. This is a warm, funny, subversive romp through the murky hinterland of corporate perfidy, by an author the Scotsman has described as 'one of our greatest imaginative writers'. Girl Meets Boy is Ali Smith's contribution to the International Myths Series. Ali Smith 's first book, Free Love , won the Saltire First Book Award. She has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Man Booker, and won the Encore Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year. 'An extremely readable, easy-

Who reads Girl Meets Boy : the Myth of Iphis?

Author

Smith, Ali

Publisher

The Text Publishing Company

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781921351105

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (69 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14