{"product_id":"dead-and-alive-paperback","title":"Dead And Alive (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating new essay collection from one of the most\ndistinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist. She is a natural.\nShe writes as she thinks, and she thinks crisply and exactly’ – Tessa Hadley, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings\nher unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have\ncaptured her attention in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih\nOdutola, Kara Walker and Celia Paul. She invites us along to the movies, to see\nand to think about \u003ci\u003eTár\u003c\/i\u003e, and to Glastonbury to witness the ascendance of\nStormzy. She takes us on a walk down Kilburn High Road in her beloved North\nWest London and invites us to mourn with her the passing of writers Joan\nDidion, Martin Amis, Hilary Mantel, Philip Roth and Toni Morrison. She\nconsiders changes of government on both sides of the Atlantic – and the meaning\nof ‘the commons’ in all our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThroughout this thrilling collection, Zadie Smith shows us\nonce again her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some\nof the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhite\nTeeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNW, Swing Time\u003c\/i\u003e\nand \u003ci\u003eThe Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Embassy of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e;\nfour collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind, Feel Free\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e\nand \u003ci\u003eDead and Alive\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e;\nand the play, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from Chaucer. She is also\nthe editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e. Zadie Smith was born in\nnorth-west London, where she still lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46410644324559,"sku":"9781405972499","price":27.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_52ef9ef9-4396-4a36-b2a1-815d1ed725b4.jpg?v=1793329105","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/dead-and-alive-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}