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Zadie smith is the author of the novels white teeth, the autograph man, on beauty, nw and swing time, as well as a novella, the embassy of cambodia, and two collections of essays, changing my mind and feel free. Mark haddon michael rosen zadie smith carmen callil jeanette. A highly acclaimed and strikingly influential novelist, british author zadie smith burst on to the literary scene with her sharp and funny debut white teeth. Set in northwest london, zadie smith s brilliant tragicomic novel follows four localsleah, natalie, fox, and nathanas they try to make adult lives outside of caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. Either way, zadie smith s quarrel with herself still gives rise to a fierce and fractured poetry. Leah, felix, keisha renamed natalie and nathan, all of whom grew up in the same impoverished part of northwest london. Zadie smith has contributed numerous short stories, nonfiction pieces, and a personal historydead man laughing, about her fathers love of comedysince first appearing in the new. Her debut novel, white teeth 2000, immediately became a bestseller and won a number of awards.
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