{"product_id":"dead-and-alive-zadie-smith","title":"Dead and Alive (Zadie Smith)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist. She is a natural. She writes as she thinks, and she thinks crisply and exactly' - Tessa Hadley, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kara Walker and Celia Paul. She invites us along to the movies, to see and to think about \u003ci\u003eTár\u003c\/i\u003e, and to Glastonbury to witness the ascendance of Stormzy. She takes us on a walk down Kilburn High Road in her beloved North West London and invites us to mourn with her the passing of writers Joan Didion, Martin Amis, Hilary Mantel, Philip Roth and Toni Morrison. She considers changes of government on both sides of the Atlantic - and the meaning of 'the commons' in all our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout this thrilling collection, Zadie Smith shows us once again her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eZadie Smith is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNW, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Embassy of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e; four collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind, Feel Free\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead and Alive\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e; and the play, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65757166502237,"sku":"K097938988","price":17.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9793898800001A.jpg?v=1788194439","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/dead-and-alive-zadie-smith","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}