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Treat yourself to a treasure trove of outstanding stories from ‘the best writer of our generation’ (Gary Shteyngart)
‘She’s already one of our best novelists and essayists, this reminds us that her short stories are right up there too’ Observer
‘Sexy and hilarious. There is no moment in Grand Union when we are not entertained, or doubt that we are in the company of one of our best contemporary writers’ Guardian
‘Brilliant. Another slam dunk. Street life, patois, music, food, clothes, hair: Smith has her finger on the pulse of life and the utter weirdness of whatever has just become normal. This is a book of and for the times, sobering in its clarity but bracingly witty and clever’ Evening Standard
‘Smith’s dialogue crackles with mordant wit. This dazzling collection of stories will leave you with plenty to think about’ Independent
Interleaving ten completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from the New Yorker and elsewhere, Zadie Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, Grand Union is a sharply alert and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us.
ASIN : B07N45KZ77
Editore : Penguin; 1° edizione (3 ottobre 2019)
Lingua : Inglese
Dimensioni file : 2899 KB
Da testo a voce : Abilitato
Screen Reader : Supportato
Miglioramenti tipografici : Abilitato
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Word Wise : Abilitato
Memo : Su Kindle Scribe
Lunghezza opuscolo : 241 pagine
Bartolo –
What a delight. Readers here found it irresistible to pick favorites of these stories and fault others, but I savored the variety, the unpredictibiity from one to the next, the formal innovations, stylistic and structural, suggesting an infinitude. Granted not every writer has the agility or interest in searching out forms for their own expressive potential, or has Smith’s playfulness or wit. I sometimes think we’ve fallen into a dead-end conventionality in literature, a conviction that there’s nothing left to be explored in the medium itself and its capacities. Zadie Smith is a wonderful reassurance here. Was never tempted to read “White Teeth” but am delighted so far with “On Beauty,” hilarious but more conventional stylistically than these. With “Grand Union” she’s one-stop-shopping for a revitalized Post-modernism, and I’m reassured for it. Try a sample or two. I hope she gives us more, if the short-story form invites this kind of invention. Only Lydia Davis had such versatility, that I can think of offhand, anyway. Brava!
l.w.i. –
Romane von Smith lese ich gerne, aber diese Kurzgeschichtensammlung war für mich zu gemischt/ unterschiedlich: Es waren einige wenige darunter, die mich bewegt haben, aber viele andere fand ich schnell zusammengeschustert, oder vom sujet her uninteressant, oder zu intellektuell überhöht.Sie experiment hier auch mit vielen verschiedenen Stilen, was neues Einfühlen bei jeder story erfordert; das hat mich ungeduldig werden lassen: Es gibt hier keinen eindeutigen Zadie Smith Stil, keine Wiedererkennungsmerkmale ( was aber, wie ich finde, ein Merkmal eines guten Kurzgeschichtenautors ist).Das Buch ging in den öffentlichen Bücherschrankâ¦
N.E –
Loved it, as usual. I get the sense that the style of writing is such that it requires re-readings. I liked 7 stories out of all.
Cliente Amazon –
Perfect
Olivia M –
These stories, which feel very American and indeed set in New York, are very clever indeed, showing off Zadie Smith’s intellect and inventiveness, but I found them less than enjoyable and in fact didn’t finish the book.