Swing time
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“Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire
A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty.
Two brown girls dream of being dancers—but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either.
Tracey makes it to the chorus line but struggles with adult life, while her friend leaves the old neighborhood behind, traveling the world as an assistant to a famous singer, Aimee, observing close up how the one percent live.
But when Aimee develops grand philanthropic ambitions, the story moves from London to West Africa, where diaspora tourists travel back in time to find their roots, young men risk their lives to escape into a different future, the women dance just like Tracey—the same twists, the same shakes—and the origins of a profound inequality are not a matter of distant history, but a present dance to the music of time.
Zadie Smith's newest book, Grand Union, published in 2019.
“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire
A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty.
Two brown girls dream of being dancers—but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either.
Tracey makes it to the chorus line but struggles with adult life, while her friend leaves the old neighborhood behind, traveling the world as an assistant to a famous singer, Aimee, observing close up how the one percent live.
But when Aimee develops grand philanthropic ambitions, the story moves from London to West Africa, where diaspora tourists travel back in time to find their roots, young men risk their lives to escape into a different future, the women dance just like Tracey—the same twists, the same shakes—and the origins of a profound inequality are not a matter of distant history, but a present dance to the music of time.
Zadie Smith's newest book, Grand Union, published in 2019.
Subjects
Subjects
Africa, West
Africa, West -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Contemporary Women
Dancers
Dancers -- Fiction
Dancing
Dancing -- Fiction
Downloadable audiobooks
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
England -- London
Female friendship
Female friendship -- Fiction
Fiction
FICTION -- Contemporary Women
FICTION -- General
FICTION -- Literary
FICTION -- Sagas
FICTION / Contemporary Women
FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Sagas
General
Literary
Literature
London (England) -- Fiction
Overdrive
Overdrive -- Adult -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Sagas
Women, Black
Women, Black -- Fiction
Africa, West -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Contemporary Women
Dancers
Dancers -- Fiction
Dancing
Dancing -- Fiction
Downloadable audiobooks
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
England -- London
Female friendship
Female friendship -- Fiction
Fiction
FICTION -- Contemporary Women
FICTION -- General
FICTION -- Literary
FICTION -- Sagas
FICTION / Contemporary Women
FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Sagas
General
Literary
Literature
London (England) -- Fiction
Overdrive
Overdrive -- Adult -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Sagas
Women, Black
Women, Black -- Fiction
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Downloadable audiobooks
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
England -- London
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FICTION -- General
FICTION -- Literary
FICTION -- Sagas
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Fiction
Literature
London (England) -- Fiction
Overdrive
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Psychological fiction
Women, Black
Women, Black -- Fiction
Africa, West -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Dancers
Dancers -- Fiction
Dancing -- Fiction
Downloadable audiobooks
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
England -- London
FICTION -- Contemporary Women
FICTION -- General
FICTION -- Literary
FICTION -- Sagas
FICTION / Contemporary Women
FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Sagas
Female friendship
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Fiction
Literature
London (England) -- Fiction
Overdrive
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Psychological fiction
Women, Black
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Swing Time A Novel
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Literary
Literature
Overdrive
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Dancers
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Downloadable audiobooks
FICTION
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FICTION / Literary
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Literary
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