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The Autograph Man

2003-08-12 Fiction
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Release : 2003-08-12
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 434/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Autograph Man by : Zadie Smith

Download or read book The Autograph Man written by Zadie Smith. This book was released on 2003-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Swing Time and one of the most revered writers of her generation comes an "intelligent ... exquisitely clever [novel] about fame, mortality, and the triumph of image over reality” (The Boston Globe). Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. His business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame. But what does Alex want? Only the return of his father, the end of religion, something for his headache, three different girls, infinite grace, and the rare autograph of forties movie actress Kitty Alexander. With fries. The Autograph Man is a deeply funny existential tour around the hollow trappings of modernity: celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. It offers further proof that Zadie Smith is one of the most staggeringly talented writers of her generation.

The Autograph Man

2003-06-17 Fiction
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Release : 2003-06-17
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 87X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Autograph Man by : Zadie Smith

Download or read book The Autograph Man written by Zadie Smith. This book was released on 2003-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. His business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame. But what does Alex want? Only the return of his father, the end of religion, something for his headache, three different girls, infinite grace, and the rare autograph of forties movie actress Kitty Alexander. With fries. The Autograph Man is a deeply funny existential tour around the hollow trappings of modernity: celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. It offers further proof that Zadie Smith is one of the most staggeringly talented writers of her generation. Look for her new book Swing Time, coming November 2016.

The Autograph Book of L.A.

2019-09-26 Antiques & Collectibles
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Release : 2019-09-26
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 597/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Autograph Book of L.A. by : Josh Kun

Download or read book The Autograph Book of L.A. written by Josh Kun. This book was released on 2019-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by the Autograph collection of the Los Angeles Public Library."

The Book of Other People

2008-08-28 Fiction
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Release : 2008-08-28
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Other People by : Zadie Smith

Download or read book The Book of Other People written by Zadie Smith. This book was released on 2008-08-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Other People is just that: a book of other people. Open its covers and you’ll make a whole host of new acquaintances. Nick Hornby and Posy Simmonds present the ever-diverging writing life of Jamie Johnson; Hari Kunzru twitches open his net curtains to reveal the irrepressible Magda Mandela (at 4:30a.m., in her lime-green thong); Jonathan Safran Foer's Grandmother offers cookies to sweeten the tale of her heart scan; and Dave Eggers, George Saunders, David Mitchell, Colm Tóibín, A.M. Homes, Chris Ware and many more each have someone to introduce to you, too. With an introduction by Zadie Smith and brand-new stories from over twenty of the best writers of their generation from both sides of the Atlantic, The Book of Other People is as dazzling and inventive as its authors, and as vivid and wide-ranging as its characters.

Swing Time

2016-11-15 Fiction
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Release : 2016-11-15
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 314/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Swing Time by : Zadie Smith

Download or read book Swing Time written by Zadie Smith. This book was released on 2016-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty. Two brown girls dream of being dancers—but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either. Tracey makes it to the chorus line but struggles with adult life, while her friend leaves the old neighborhood behind, traveling the world as an assistant to a famous singer, Aimee, observing close up how the one percent live. But when Aimee develops grand philanthropic ambitions, the story moves from London to West Africa, where diaspora tourists travel back in time to find their roots, young men risk their lives to escape into a different future, the women dance just like Tracey—the same twists, the same shakes—and the origins of a profound inequality are not a matter of distant history, but a present dance to the music of time. Zadie Smith's newest book, Grand Union, published in 2019.

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