Grand union : stories

Author

Zadie Smith

Call Number

• FICTION SMIT (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Publication Information

New York : Penguin Press, 2019.

Physical Description

245 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically-respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. With ten extraordinary new stories complemented by a selection of her most lauded pieces for The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and Granta, GRAND UNION explores a wide range of subjects, from first loves to cultural despair, as well as the desire to be the subject of your own experience. In captivating prose, she contends with race, class, relationships, and gender roles in a world that feels increasingly divided. Nothing is off limits, and everything--when captured by Smith's brilliant gaze--feels fresh and relevant. Perfectly paced, and utterly original, GRAND UNION highlights the wonders Zadie Smith can do"--

Contents

• Dialectic
• Sentimental education
• Lazy river
• Words and music
• Just right
• Parents' morning epiphany
• Downtown
• Miss Adele amidst the corsets
• Mood
• Escape from New York
• Big week
• Meet the president!
• Two men arrive in a village
• Kelso deconstructed
• Blocked
• Canker
• For the king
• Now more than ever
• Grand union.