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Zadie Smith


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
October 25, 1975

Website

Genre
Fiction, Essays

Influences
Vladimir Nabokov, E.M. Forster, David Foster Wallace, Charles Dickens, ...more


Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.69 · 518,244 ratings · 46,858 reviews · 113 distinct works • Similar authors
White Teeth
3.79 avg rating — 171,941 ratings — published 2000 — 191 editions
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On Beauty
3.78 avg rating — 89,624 ratings — published 2005 — 112 editions
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Swing Time
3.56 avg rating — 76,571 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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NW
3.48 avg rating — 44,739 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
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Intimations
3.98 avg rating — 28,469 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions
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The Fraud
3.26 avg rating — 32,911 ratings — published 2023 — 40 editions
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The Autograph Man
3.16 avg rating — 13,206 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Grand Union
3.25 avg rating — 9,656 ratings — published 2019 — 38 editions
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Feel Free: Essays
3.82 avg rating — 8,199 ratings — published 2018 — 19 editions
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Changing My Mind: Occasiona...
3.83 avg rating — 6,117 ratings — published 2009 — 31 editions
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Quotes by Zadie Smith  (?)
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“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
― Zadie Smith
tags: future, grammar, language, past
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth
tags: history
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“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth
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Polls

I posted this last night, but strangely it didn't save. Let's try this again! Our genre for August...Literary/General Fiction! Here are the selections to choose from. Place your vote. The poll will end this Saturday, July 16.

The Mountain Story The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens Lori Lansens
 
  2 votes, 50.0%

The Shipping News The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Annie Proulx
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

A Student of Weather A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay Elizabeth Hay
 
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State of Wonder State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Ann Patchett
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Olive Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Strout
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Amsterdam Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Ian McEwan
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

White Teeth White Teeth by Zadie Smith Zadie Smith
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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