Description |
452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-444) and index. |
Contents |
In the world. Northwest London blues ; Elegy for a country's seasons ; Fences : a Brexit diary ; On optimism and despair -- In the audience. Generation why? ; The house that Hova built ; Brother from another mother ; Some notes on attunement ; Window on the will : Anomalisa ; Dance lessons for writers -- In the gallery. Killing Orson Welles at midnight ; Flaming June ; "Crazy they call me" : on looking at Jerry Dantzic's photos of Billie Holiday ; Alte Frau by Balthasar Denner ; Mark Bradford's Niagara ; A bird of few words : narrative mysteries in the paintings of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye ; The tattered ruins of the map : on Sarah Sze's Centrifuge ; Getting in and out -- On the bookshelf. Crash by J. G. Ballard ; The Buddha of suburbia by Hanif Kureishi ; Notes on NW ; The Harper's columns ; The I who is not me -- Feel free. Life-writing ; The bathroom ; Man versus corpse ; Meet Justin Bieber! ; Love in the gardens ; The shadow of ideas ; Find your beach ; Joy. |
Summary |
A collection of both previously unpublished works and classic essays includes discussions of recent cultural and political events, social networking, libraries, and the failure to address global warming. |
Subject |
English essays.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Added Author |
Smith, Zadie.
Northwest London blues.
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Smith, Zadie.
Elegy for a country's season.
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Smith, Zadie.
Fences.
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Smith, Zadie.
On optimism and despair.
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Smith, Zadie.
Generation why?
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Smith, Zadie.
House that Hova built.
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Smith, Zadie.
Brother from another mother.
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Smith, Zadie.
Some notes on attunement.
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Smith, Zadie.
Windows on the will.
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Smith, Zadie.
Dance lessons for writers.
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Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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ISBN |
9781594206252 (hardcover) |
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1594206252 (hardcover) |
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