The first ever collection of stories from the bestselling and beloved author of Swing Time and White Teeth.
Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph
Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, as well as three collections of
essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free and Intimations, and a
collection of short stories, Grand Union.
White Teeth won multiple awards, including the James Tait Black
Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian
First Book Award. On Beauty was 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 a Member of the American Academy of Arts and
Letters. She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and the New
York Review of Books.
She's a genius . . . It's bliss
*Dolly Alderton*
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*
Smart and bewitching, the modern world is refracted in ways that
are both playful and rigorous, formally experimental and socially
aware... Smith exercises her range without losing her wry, slightly
cynical humour. Readers of all tastes will find something memorable
in this collection
*Publisher's Weekly*
She's already one of our best novelists and essayists, this reminds
us that her short stories are right up there too
*Observer*
Bewitching
*Publisher's Weekly*
The stories in Grand Union address both eternal existential queries
and decidedly contemporary concerns.
*FT*
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*
Each story is a new surprise of literary genius that takes the
reader on a short journey away from reality . . . A must-read for
literary lovers everywhere
*Vanity Fair*
In these short stories she is miles and miles ahead, moving the
finish line ever further as we are dazzled, knocked sideways by her
craft . . . We see a master at work, exercising her vast talent
with joy and vigour, reimagining old paradigms whilst maintaining
the warmth and authenticity of her inimitable voice. For a writer
who has seemingly done everything, it seems that Smith is just
beginning
*The Arts Desk*
Grand Union seduces with language, acute observation, humour and
the warmth of Smith's humanity. It's a startling, energising
collection fom a writer unafraid to take risks
*i*
An exuberant volume that's bracing, thoughtful and frequently very
funny
*Mail on Sunday*
Tremendous comic writing and snappy dialogue
*Literary Review*
Smith offers sharp social commentary in this wry collection of
stories that takes on the complications of the modern world
*Psychologies*
Tackles subjects including cancel culture, desire and race with
Smith's trademark insight and lightness of touch
*Stylist*
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