Zadie Smith

This is one of my favorite conversations in recent memory — with the writer Zadie Smith. Smith is the author of novels, including “White Teeth,” “On Beauty” and “NW,” as well as many essays and short stories. Her ability to give language to the kinds of quiet battles that live inside of ourselves is part of why she’s been one of my favorite writers for years.“We absolutely need to gather in our identity groups sometimes for our freedoms, for our civil rights. There’s absolutely no doubt about that. But for that role to be the thing that is you existentially all the way down — that is something that I personally believe all human beings revolt from at some level,” she told me when we spoke last September, shortly before Trump’s re-election.It’s ideas like these that I found interesting to revisit now, in a starkly different political climate. In this conversation, we discuss Smith’s novel, “ The Fraud ,” which Smith wrote with Trump and populism front of mind; what populism is really channeling; why Smith refuses the “bait” of wokeness; how people have been “modified” by smartphones and social media; and more. This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: Feel Free by Zadie Smith“ Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction ” by Zadie Smith Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman“ Generation Why? ” by Zadie SmithBook Recommendations: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz The Diaries of Virginia Woolf Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast . Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs .This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Efim Shapiro. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Rollin Hu, Elias Isquith and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download

This is one of my favorite conversations in recent memory — with the writer Zadie Smith. Smith is the author of novels, including “White Teeth,” “On Beauty” and “NW,” as well as many essays and short stories. Her ability to give language to the kinds of quiet battles that live inside of ourselves is part of why she’s been one of my favorite writers for years. “We absolutely need to gather in our identity groups sometimes for our freedoms, for our civil rights. There’s absolutely no doubt about that. But for that role to be the thing that is you existentially all the way down — that is something that I personally believe all human beings revolt from at some level,” she told me when we spoke last September, shortly before Trump’s re-election. It’s ideas like these that I found interesting to revisit now, in a starkly different political climate. In this conversation, we discuss Smith’s novel, “ The Fraud ,” which Smith wrote with Trump and populism front of mind; what populism is really channeling; why Smith refuses the “bait” of wokeness; how people have been “modified” by smartphones and social media; and more. This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: Feel Free by Zadie Smith “ Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction ” by Zadie Smith Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman “ Generation Why? ” by Zadie Smith Book Recommendations: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz The Diaries of Virginia Woolf Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast . Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs . This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Efim Shapiro. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Rollin Hu, Elias Isquith and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Adam talks with author Zadie Smith about fun, trivial things like Wordle start words, men who dress as if they're still young, and the sadness of podcasts becoming TV shows, and then not trivial things like the problems associated with empathy when it comes to politics, war and fiction writing. Plus, what is Zadie's problem with Generation X? Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 7 October 2025 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up' Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS DEAD AND ALIVE by Zadie Smith - 2025 (PENGUIN) ZADIE SMITH ON FASHION NEUROSIS PODCAST WITH BELLA FREUD - 2025 (YOUTUBE) ZADIE AND DEVONTÉ HYNES ON 'HOLDING UP THE LADDER' PODCAST - 2025 (ACAST) ZADIE SMITH ON WILD CARD - 2025 (NPR) LISA THATCHER - THE BRILLIANCE OF WHITE TEETH - 2012 CHARLIE KIRK WAS PRACTICING POLITICS THE RIGHT WAY by Ezra Klein - 11 September, 2025 (NY TIMES) CHARLIE KIRK REDEEMED, A POLITICAL CLASS FINDS ITS LOST CAUSE by Ta-Nehisi Coates - 2025 (VANITY FAIR) EZRA KLEIN AND TA-NEHISI COATES HASH OUT THEIR CHARLIE KIRK DISAGREEMENT - 2025 (YOUTUBE) PHILOSOPHERS DESCRIBED BY PEEP SHOW - 2025 (YOUTUBE) ZADIE SMITH ON HOW LANGUAGE UPSETS THE RIGHT - 2025 (YOUTUBE) THANK YOU VERY MUCH - ANDY KAUFMAN DOC (OFFICIAL TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE) CHRIS SMITH ON JIM CAREY AND ANDY KAUFMAN (ADAM BUXTON PODCAST BONUS) - 2017 (ADAM'S WEBSITE/SOUNDCLOUD) Hosted on Acast. See <a style='colo

About Zadie Smith: Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time, and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free and Intimations; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives. About Dead and Alive: A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays. In the past two decades, few writers have been able to master the craft and art of the essay in the way that Zadie Smith has. Her discerning eye and singularly intimate perspective emblazon Smith as a preeminent critic of our generation, society, and culture. In her inimitable honesty and poignant voice, Smith studies the fault lines that divide us and consistently finds within them grounds for solidarity and compassion. This eagerly awaited new collection brings Zadie Smith’s unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects that have captured her attention in recent years. Organized in five sections—eyeballing, considering, reconsidering, mourning, and confessing—she unspools personal dialogues with various sources of inspiration. She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola and Kara Walker. She invites us along to the movies in her review of Tár, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and to her desk when researching the Tichborne trial and writing her New York Times bestselling novel The Fraud. She asks us to look at the young Michael Jackson and to mourn with her the passing of writers Joan Didion, Martin Amis, Hilary Mantel, Philip Roth and Toni Morrison. And she shows us once again in Dead and Alive her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times. A master of perception always in search of a lesser-known reality, Smith continually assesses, and reassesses, what it means to identify with the contemporary world, and how we choose to remember the history that brought us here.

In this episode, meet authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, Anne Waldman, and Fannie Flagg. Hear Zadie Smith and Nick Laird on writing a book for their children and working together in the studio, discover why poet Anne Waldman describes recording her audiobook as a “sonic investigation,” and learn what Fannie Flagg is most excited for listeners to hear. In the Wild by Zadie Smith and Nick Laird https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777195/in-the-wild-by-zadie-smith-and-nick-laird-illustrated-by-magenta-fox/audio/ Mesopotopia by Anne Waldman https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690646/mesopotopia-by-anne-waldman/audio/ Something to Look Forward To by Fannie Flagg https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/767921/something-to-look-forward-to-by-fannie-flagg/9798217159581/

OBLIVION by Héctor Abad, chosen by Colm Tóibín FLESH by David Szalay, chosen by Zadie Smith CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by André Aciman, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Authors and good friends Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín join Harriett Gilbert to share books they love. For a longer edition of this episode, check out the A Good Read podcast. Colm Tóibín chooses Oblivion, a memoir by Colombian writer Héctor Abad. It’s a deeply moving tribute to Abad’s father – a warm, generous, and witty man who was a doctor, university professor, and tireless human rights campaigner. His life was tragically cut short when he was murdered by paramilitaries in Medellín in 1987. What do the others make of this powerful portrait of love and loss? Next, Zadie Smith recommends Flesh, a taut and compelling novel by Hungarian-British author David Szalay. The story follows István, a Hungarian man whose life takes a picaresque turn – from the army to prison, and eventually to London, where he works as a security guard for a wealthy family. As he becomes entangled in their world in unexpected ways, do the others find the novel as gripping as she does? Finally, Harriett Gilbert brings Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, the novel that inspired the acclaimed film starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer. Set during a languid summer on the Italian Riviera, it captures the intense infatuation between Elio and Oliver. But how does the novel compare to the much-loved film? Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including The Master, The Magician, Brooklyn, and Long Island, the latter now out in paperback. And Zadie Smith has written six novels, among them White Teeth, Swing Time, and her most recent, The Fraud. Producer: Eliza Lomas

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La impostura Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Alicia Laorden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 3, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Zadie Smith regresa con fuerza a la ficción con una gran novela sobre la Inglaterra victoriana «Dickens puede estar muerto, pero Zadie Smith está absolutamente viva.» The New York Times «Una autora en la cima de su talento.» The Telegraph Recibida con elogios entusiastas por la crítica del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, que la ha considerado de forma unánime uno de los mejores libros del años, La impostura supone el regreso a la novela de Zadie Smith, siete años después de Tiempos de swing y un cuarto de siglo después de su irrupción en el panorama literario con Dientes blancos. Llena de vida, ideas, humor, sentimientos y algo semejante a una verdad moral, La impostura narra con extraordinaria habilidad las controversias sociales del Londres victoriano a través de un puñado de personajes memorables. Corre el año 1873. La escocesa Eliza Touchet es la prima y ama de llaves de William Ainsworth, un novelista antaño famoso pero ahora en decadencia, con quien vive desde hace treinta años. Mujer de múltiples intereses —la literatura, la justicia, el abolicionismo, las clases sociales y las esposas de su primo—, Eliza se entusiasma con un intrigante juicio que está levantando encendidas pasiones en Londres: sir Roger Tichborne, heredero de un enorme imperio y desaparecido en el mar años antes, ha reaparecido de repente y reclama lo que le corresponde. En particular, a Eliza le llama la atención Andrew Bogle, testigo clave en el juicio, y quiere saberlo todo sobre él. Criado como esclavo en las plantaciones de azúcar de Jamaica y sirviente de la familia Tichborne durante décadas, Bogle es el hombre que puede confirmar o desmentir las increíbles pretensiones del aspirante a la fortuna de los Tichborne. Vertiginosa exploración de los engaños y autoengaños de la condición humana, La impostura nos adentra en un fascinante mundo victoriano en el que realidad y ficción se mezclan con vigor. Una novela con resonancias muy contemporáneas en la que una heroína inolvidable se atreve a enfrentarse al brutal pasado colonial de Inglaterra. La crítica ha dicho: «Dickens puede estar muerto, pero Zadie Smith está absolutamente viva». The New York Times «Una autora en la cima de su talento». The Telegraph «Brillante. Una delicia dickensiana». Los Angeles Times «Una mirada cautivadora a lo fraudulento y lo auténtico». Chicago Review of Books «La nueva novela de Zadie Smith, divertida y casi impecable, examina la identidad, la noción de verdad y la Inglaterra y la Jamaica del siglo XIX en plena ebullición». The Observer «Una narración que ilumina lo que es vivir y amar en el siglo XXI». Financial Times «Con la excelencia que le caracteriza, Smith consigue que las muchas partes del relato cohesionen». The New Yorker «Original y virtuosa». Vogue «Una novela que gira en torno a un caso legal célebre y divisivo captura la variedad de voces del Londres del siglo XIX». The Wall Street Journal «La vida cultural y literaria de la Inglaterra victoriana surge de forma vibrante en cada página de esta extraordinaria ficción». Library Journal «Una escritura excepcional y pasajes resplandecientes que van desde lo humorístico hasta lo profundamente filosófico». NPR

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La impostura Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Alicia Laorden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 3, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Zadie Smith regresa con fuerza a la ficción con una gran novela sobre la Inglaterra victoriana «Dickens puede estar muerto, pero Zadie Smith está absolutamente viva.» The New York Times «Una autora en la cima de su talento.» The Telegraph Recibida con elogios entusiastas por la crítica del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, que la ha considerado de forma unánime uno de los mejores libros del años, La impostura supone el regreso a la novela de Zadie Smith, siete años después de Tiempos de swing y un cuarto de siglo después de su irrupción en el panorama literario con Dientes blancos. Llena de vida, ideas, humor, sentimientos y algo semejante a una verdad moral, La impostura narra con extraordinaria habilidad las controversias sociales del Londres victoriano a través de un puñado de personajes memorables. Corre el año 1873. La escocesa Eliza Touchet es la prima y ama de llaves de William Ainsworth, un novelista antaño famoso pero ahora en decadencia, con quien vive desde hace treinta años. Mujer de múltiples intereses —la literatura, la justicia, el abolicionismo, las clases sociales y las esposas de su primo—, Eliza se entusiasma con un intrigante juicio que está levantando encendidas pasiones en Londres: sir Roger Tichborne, heredero de un enorme imperio y desaparecido en el mar años antes, ha reaparecido de repente y reclama lo que le corresponde. En particular, a Eliza le llama la atención Andrew Bogle, testigo clave en el juicio, y quiere saberlo todo sobre él. Criado como esclavo en las plantaciones de azúcar de Jamaica y sirviente de la familia Tichborne durante décadas, Bogle es el hombre que puede confirmar o desmentir las increíbles pretensiones del aspirante a la fortuna de los Tichborne. Vertiginosa exploración de los engaños y autoengaños de la condición humana, La impostura nos adentra en un fascinante mundo victoriano en el que realidad y ficción se mezclan con vigor. Una novela con resonancias muy contemporáneas en la que una heroína inolvidable se atreve a enfrentarse al brutal pasado colonial de Inglaterra. La crítica ha dicho: «Dickens puede estar muerto, pero Zadie Smith está absolutamente viva». The New York Times «Una autora en la cima de su talento». The Telegraph «Brillante. Una delicia dickensiana». Los Angeles Times «Una mirada cautivadora a lo fraudulento y lo auténtico». Chicago Review of Books «La nueva novela de Zadie Smith, divertida y casi impecable, examina la identidad, la noción de verdad y la Inglaterra y la Jamaica del siglo XIX en plena ebullición». The Observer «Una narración que ilumina lo que es vivir y amar en el siglo XXI». Financial Times «Con la excelencia que le caracteriza, Smith consigue que las muchas partes del relato cohesionen». The New Yorker «Original y virtuosa». Vogue «Una novela que gira en torno a un caso legal célebre y divisivo captura la variedad de voces del Londres del siglo XIX». The Wall Street Journal «La vida cultural y literaria de la Inglaterra victoriana surge de forma vibrante en cada página de esta extraordinaria ficción». Library Journal «Una escritura excepcional y pasajes resplandecientes que van desde lo humorístico hasta lo profundamente filosófico». NPR

W tym odcinku "Raportu o książkach Agaty Kasprolewicz" zapraszamy na spotkanie z Zadie Smith - jedną na najbardziej popularnych i lubianych na świecie brytyjskich pisarek. Na nową powieść kazała czekać swoim czytelnikom 8 lat, ale warto było, bo „Oszustwo” to pierwsza w jej literackim dorobku powieść historyczna, w której pisarka rekonstruuje jeden z najbardziej emocjonujących i awanturniczych procesów sądowych w dziejach Wielkiej Brytanii. Rzeźnik podający się za barona pociągnął za sobą armię wyznawców, rozpalając serca i umysły ludzi, a także pierwsze strony brytyjskich gazet. Wiktoriańska Anglia posłużyła Zadie Smith za literackie lustro, w którym odbijają się nasze współczesne demony. Znajdziemy w niej ślady: Brexitu, procesu O.J. Simpsona, trumpizmu, debaty wokół zmian klimatycznych i współczesnego rasizmu…ale, jak mówi sama autorka, jest w niej też dużo nadziei. „Oszustwo” to powieść w tym samym stopniu historyczna, co radykalnie współczesna. „Oszustwo” Zadie Smith w przekładzie Justyna Huni ukazało się nakładem wydawnictwa ZNAK. Gość: Zadie Smith Prowadzenie: Agata Kasprolewicz Realizacja: Filip Marcinkowski --------------------------------------------- Raport o stanie świata to audycja, która istnieje dzięki naszym Patronom, dołącz się do zbiórki ➡️ ⁠https://patronite.pl/DariuszRosiak⁠ Subskrybuj newsletter Raportu o stanie świata ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠➡️ ⁠https://dariuszrosiak.substack.com⁠ Koszulki i kubki Raportu ➡️ ⁠https://patronite-sklep.pl/kolekcja/raport-o-stanie-swiata/⁠ [Autopromocja]

I stumbled on a Zadie Smith line recently that stopped me in my tracks. She was writing in January 2017, and describing the political stakes of that period — Brexit in the U.K., Trump in the U.S. — and the way you could feel it changing people. “Millions of more or less amorphous selves will now necessarily find themselves solidifying into protesters, activists, marchers, voters, firebrands, impeachers, lobbyists, soldiers, champions, defenders, historians, experts, critics. You can’t fight fire with air. But equally you can’t fight for a freedom you’ve forgotten how to identify.” What Smith is describing felt so familiar — how politics can sometimes feel like it demands we put aside our internal conflict, our uncertainty, so we can take a strong position. I see it so often in myself and people around me, and yet I rarely hear it talked about. And Smith’s ability to give language to these kinds of quiet battles inside of ourselves is one reason she’s been one of my favorite writers for years. Smith is the author of novels, including “White Teeth,” “On Beauty” and “NW,” as well as many essays and short stories. Her latest novel, “ The Fraud ,” also deals with politics and identity. It’s about a case in 19th-century London, but it has eerie resonances with our current political moment. I wasn’t surprised to learn that Trump and populism were front of mind for her when she wrote it. In this conversation, we discuss what populism is really channeling, why Smith refuses the “bait” of wokeness, how people have been “modified” by smartphones and social media, and more. This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: Feel Free by Zadie Smith “ Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction ” by Zadie Smith Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman “ Generation Why? ” by Zadie Smith Book Recommendations: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz The Diaries of Virginia Woolf Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast . Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs . This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Efim Shapiro. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Rollin Hu, Elias Isquith and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts

Zadie Smith grew up in north west London and studied English at Cambridge University. After a publisher’s bidding war when she was just 21, her debut novel White Teeth became a huge critical and commercial hit on publication in 2000 and won several awards including the Orange Prize, now known as the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and the Whitbread first novel award. Since then, with books including On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the world’s most successful and popular living novelists, renowned for her witty dialogue and explorations of cultural identity, class and sexuality. Her most recent book The Fraud is her first historical novel. Zadie Smith talks to John Wilson about her upbringing in Willesden, North West London, with her Jamaican born mother and white English father. She chooses C S Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as an early formative influence and remembers how its themes of danger, power and betrayal were intoxicating to her as a young reader. Zadie talks about the creative influence of her husband, the poet Nick Laird, and of the cultural impact of a trip she made to west Africa in 2007 which inspired much of her 2016 novel Swing Time. She also reflects on her role as an essayist who in recent years, has increasingly written about global political and social issues. Producer: Edwina Pitman Readings from: Swing Time, Zadie Smith, 2016 White Teeth, Zadie Smith, 2000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Tiempos de swing Author: Zadie Smith Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 21, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Un retrato vivo de una amistad compleja y verdadera, donde Zadie Smith vuelve a exhibir sus dotes para radiografiar el presente con asombrosas dosis de lucidez, humor y sensibilidad. Finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award e incluida en la lista de bestsellers de The New York Times. Hijas de matrimonios mixtos, Tracey y la narradora se conocen desde la infancia, son amigas íntimas y comparten el sueño de llegar a ser algún día bailarinas. Sin embargo, su entorno familiar tiende a separarlas: el padre de Tracey está en prisión y su madre la colma de regalos y caprichos, mientras que en casa de la narradora se valoran el esfuerzo y la superación personales, urgida por una madre estricta y solícita. Así pues, a medida que las dos chicas emprenden sus propios caminos, las sutiles diferencias de clase y raza van minando todos los vínculos de confianza y lealtad forjados en la niñez. Desde su impactante y exitoso debut literario con Dientes blancos, la narrativa de Zadie Smith se ha caracterizado por afrontar de lleno y con gran calado las facetas más relevantes que conforman las relaciones humanas. Surgidos de un mosaico de lenguas, costumbres y colores de piel, sus personajes desarrollan sus vidas entre la incierta búsqueda de una identidad que les ofrezca un centro de gravedad reconocible y la fuerza vital que les otorga precisamente la heterogeneidad de su origen. La crítica ha dicho... «Una de las novelas más entretenidas de este año. Perfectamente trabajada, vivamente ejecutada y rebosante de inteligencia. Zadie Smith demuestra que la riqueza de los valores universales se encuentra en los pequeños dramas y rivalidades particulares, en la interacción entre los viejos amigos que se separan, entre madres e hijas.» Times Literary Supplement «La novela de Zadie Smith más conmovedora en una década concentra su mirada lúcida en un tema favorito de la autora: la lucha por entrelazar experiencias dispares en un relato individual coherente. [...] Su estructura resulta muy convincente al abordar los efectos de la memoria, de cómo la usamos de lastre en el presente.» The New Yorker «Con un homenaje a la danza como fuerza unificadora, observaciones provocativas, personajes extraordinariamente diversos y sátira afilada, Tiempos de swing es una novela arrolladora, de ácida comicidad y mirada global.» Booklist «Ingeniosa, inspirada. [...] La nueva novela de Zadie Smith es realmente muy buena.» Sunday Times «Su mejor novela. Extraordinaria. [...] Consigue lo que sólo es capaz de lograr la gran literatura: nos obliga a evaluar los códigos con los que describimos la experiencia humana.» Taiye Selasi, The Observer «Hay escritores que enumeran, organizan, aprehenden. Zadie Smith deja que florezcan las contradicciones, en todo su incómodo y angustioso esplendor.» NPR «Con brillante imaginación, Zadie Smith explora la amistad, la raza, la fama, la maternidad y la verdad ineludible de que nuestros orígenes determinan nuestro destino para siempre.» Harper's Bazaar