No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, Tarantino to Jay-Z to Knausgaard, she has endless fascination and the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment: dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion. This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.
Περίληψη
No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, Tarantino to Jay-Z to Knausgaard, she has endless fascination and the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment: dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion. This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
Συγγραφέας
Smith, Zadie
Eκδότης
Penguin
ISBN
9780241971024
Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100069235
Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2019
Σελίδες 464
Διαστάσεις
Βάρος 350 gr
Smith, Zadie
Συγγραφέας
H Zadie Smith γεννήθηκε το 1975 στο Λονδίνο όπου και ζει μέχρι σήμερα. Σπούδασε αγγλική φιλολογία στο Κέμπριτζ. Το 2003 συμπεριλήφθηκε στη λίστα των 20 καλύτερων νέων συγγραφέων του περίβλεπτου λογοτεχνικού περιοδικού Granta. Το πρώτο της μυθιστόρημα, "Λευκό χαμόγελο σε μαύρο φόντο" τιμήθηκε με τα βραβεία Guardian for first book, Whitbread First Novel, Whitbread Book of the Year, James Tait Black Memorial, British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, Frankfurt eBook Award και Commonwealth Writer's First Book ενώ και το δεύτερο της βιβλίο, "Συλλέκτης αυτογράφων", δεν πέρασε απαρατήρητο. Τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction, ενώ ήταν υποψήφιο για τα βραβεία Orange και Booker. Το "Στην ομορφιά που χάνεται" είναι το αποτέλεσμα των προσπαθειών και της συγγραφικής ωριμότητάς της αφού τιμήθηκε το 2006 με τα βραβεία Orange, Somerset Maugham και Commonwealth Writers' Regional Award ενώ ήταν υποψήφιο για τα βραβεία Booker και IMPAC.
Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. She is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty and NW, as well as The Embassy of Cambodia and a collection of essays, Changing My Mind. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. White Teeth won multiple literary awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. On Beautywas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and NW was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and lives in London and New York with her husband and two children.
