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NW

A Novel
By Zadie Smith
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Set in northwest London, NW by Zadie Smith follows the interwoven lives of four locals—Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan—who strive to build adult lives beyond the council estate of their childhood. Through intimate portrayals of public parks, private homes, and everyday streets, the novel captures the complexity of a multicultural urban environment that is both vibrant and harsh. This tragicomic narrative explores themes of class, identity, and belonging in a modern cityscape.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary urban stories and nuanced examinations of class and identity. Those who appreciate literary fiction set in multicultural cities will find NW a compelling and thought-provoking read.

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A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2012 • One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012 • One of The Wall Street Journal's Best 10 Fiction Books of 2012 • A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2012

“NW is that rare thing, a book that is radical and passionate and real.” —Anne Enright, The New York Times Book Review

“A triumph... As Smith threads together her characters' inner and outer worlds, every sentence sings.” —The Guardian

“A powerful portrait of class and identity in multicultural London.” —Entertainment Weekly

Set in northwest London, Zadie Smith’s brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals—Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan—as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabit a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end.

Depicting the modern urban zone—familiar to city-dwellers everywhere—NW is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.

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ISBN: 9780143123934

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Penguin USA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 212.0mm

Weight: 374g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

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 a 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.

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