Новинки Зэди Смит

It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper—and cousin by marriage—of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years.

Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully and a moralist; and England of being a land of facades, in which nothing is quite what it seems.

Andrew Bogle, meanwhile, grew up enslaved on the Hope Plantation, Jamaica. He knows every lump of sugar comes at a human cost. That the rich deceive the poor. And that people are more easily manipulated than they realize. When Bogle finds himself in London, star witness in a celebrated case of imposture, he knows his future depends on telling the right story.

The “Tichborne Trial”—wherein a lower-class butcher from Australia claimed he was in fact the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title—captivates Mrs. Touchet and all of England. Is Sir Roger Tichborne really who he says he is? Or is he a fraud? Mrs. Touchet is a woman of the world. Mr. Bogle is no fool. But in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception, deciding what is real proves a complicated task. . . .

Based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about truth and fiction, Jamaica and Britain, fraudulence and authenticity and the mystery of “other people.”

Meet Maud: a guinea pig who inexplicably wears a judo suit - and not everyone understands or approves. When Maud is thrown into a new and confusing situation, it takes brave decisions and serendipitous encounters for her to find her place and embrace her individuality.
The charming characters of Magenta Fox, whose work is evocative of Raymond Briggs and Janet Ahlberg, perfectly offset Zadie and Nick's warm, wry prose.

"Время свинга" Делает ли происхождение человека от рождения ущербным, уменьшая его шансы на личное счастье? Этот вопрос в центре романа Зэди Смит, одного из самых известных британских писателей нового поколения. "Время свинга" — история личного краха, описанная выпукло, талантливо, с полным пониманием законов общества и тонкостей человеческой психологии. Героиня романа, проницательная, рефлексирующая, образованная девушка, спасаясь от скрытого расизма и неблагополучной жизни, разрывает с домом и бежит в мир поп-культуры, загоняя себя в ловушку, о существовании которой она даже не догадывается. Смит тем самым говорит: в мире не на что положиться, даже семья и близкие не дают опоры. Человек остается один с самим собой, и, какой бы он выбор ни сделал, это не принесет счастья и удовлетворения. За меланхоличным письмом автора кроется бездна отчаяния. "Белые зубы" Два незадачливых ветерана Второй мировой войны становятся, несмотря на все различия между ними, лучшими друзьями на всю жизнь. Арчи Джонс, чистокровный британец, берет себе в жены молодую крупную девушку с Ямайки. Самад Икбал вступает в брак по договоренности и вынужден ждать, пока его жена появится на свет. И если бы обоих друзей ждало счастливое будущее! Дети приносят головную боль, прошлое наступает на пятки, и никому нет покоя в этом многослойном романе. "О красоте" Два противоборствующих клана – Кипсы и Белси – случайно оказываются соседями в одном из районов Бостона. Семьи схлестнутся в политической и личной схватках на фоне междоусобных войн на кафедре либерального колледжа, где работают главы обоих кланов. Вслед за отцами в конфликт будут вовлечены и дети, и окажется, что даже у чувств есть идеологический оттенок. "Северо-Запад" Лондон, начало века. Среди нестабильности, бедности и упадка Ли, Натали, Феликс и Натан, родившиеся в нищем районе под названием Колдвелл, пытаются отыскать свое место в жизни. Куда приведет их борьба с самими собой и с городом, который способен перемолоть даже самых сильных? "Северо-Запад" — сложный, стилистически безупречный роман Зэди Смит, одной из важнейших английских писательниц нашего времени.

An urgently timely, deeply personal and powerfully moving series of essays on the experience of lockdown from one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time
There will be many books written about the year 2020: historical, analytic, political and comprehensive accounts. This is not any of those. Written in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, as the global situation changed almost hourly, Intimations i

Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful?
Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families — the Belseys and the Kipps — and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions — bo

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.
Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.

The first ever collection of stories from the bestselling and beloved author of Swing Time and White Teeth
'She's already one of our best novelists and essayists, this reminds us that her short stories are right up there too' Observer
'Sexy and hilarious. There is no moment in Grand Union when we are not entertained, or doubt that we are in the company of one of our best contemporary writers' Guardian
'Brilliant. A

Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of lock down, by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time

“There will be many books written about the year 2020: historical, analytic, political and comprehensive accounts. This is not any of those—the year isn’t half-way done. What I’ve tried to do is organize some of the feelings and thoughts that events, so far, have provoked in me, in those scraps of time the year itself has allowed. These are above all personal essays: small by definition, short by necessity.”

Crafted with the sharp intelligence, wit and style that have won Zadie Smith millions of fans, and suffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these unprecedented times, Intimations is a vital work of art, a gesture of connection and an act of love—an essential book in extraordinary times.

Лондон, начало века. Среди нестабильности, бедности и упадка Ли, Натали, Феликс и Натан, родившиеся в нищем районе под названием Колдвелл, пытаются отыскать свое место в жизни. Куда приведет их борьба с самими собой и с городом, который способен перемолоть даже самых сильных?

From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarised world are riddled with contradiction.
We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there, like our nationality, culture, class, race and religion.
Taking these broad categories as a starting point, Professor Appiah challenges our assumptions about how identity works. In eloquent and lively chapters, he weaves personal anecdote with historical, cultural and literary example to explore the entanglements within the stories we tell ourselves. We all know there are conflicts among identities; but Professor Appiah explores how identities are created by conflict.
Identities are then crafted from confusions - confusions this book aims to help us sort through. Religion, Appiah shows us, isn't primarily about beliefs. The idea of national self-determination is incoherent. Our everyday racial thinking is an artefact of discarded science. Class is not a matter of upper and lower. And the very idea of Western culture is a misleading myth. We will see our situation more clearly if we start to question these mistaken identities. This is radical new thinking from a master in the subject and will change forever the way we think about ourselves and our communities.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM 2019
From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection of essays from Zadie Smith
'Generous, courageous, and tough-minded... [A] classic English essayist in the vein of Orwell, Woolf and Angela Carter' Financial Times
'Engrossing, astute... Should you read this brilliant

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 her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. Interleaving eleven completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from The New Yorker and elsewhere, Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, Grand Union is a sharply alert and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us.

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.

Два незадачливых ветерана Второй мировой войны становятся, несмотря на все различия между ними, лучшими друзьями на всю жизнь. Арчи Джонс, чистокровный британец, берет себе в жены молодую крупную девушку с Ямайки. Самад Икбал вступает в брак по договоренности и вынужден ждать, пока его жена появится на свет. И если бы обоих друзей ждало счастливое будущее! Дети приносят головную боль, прошлое наступает на пятки, и никому нет покоя в этом многослойном романе.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Teeth by Zadie Smith, read by Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ray Panthaki. From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMENS PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, On Beauty and Grand Union BELIEVE THE HYPE The Times The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages Julian Barnes, Guardian Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time New York Times Outstanding Sunday Telegraph The international bestseller and modern classic of multicultural Britain - an unforgettable portrait of London One of the most talked about debut novels of all…

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Feel Free by Zadie Smith, read by Nikki Amuka-Bird.

From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection of essays from Zadie Smith

'Generous, courageous, and tough-minded... [A] classic English essayist in the vein of Orwell, Woolf and Angela Carter' Financial Times

'Engrossing, astute... Should you read this brilliant book? Absolutely' Independent

'Generous and curious' Evening Standard

'Brilliant, lively and frequently hilarious... She's one of the brightest minds in English literature today' NPR

No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for the unstoppable Zadie Smith. From social media to the environment, from Jay-Z to Karl Ove Knausgaard, she has boundless curiosity and the boundless wit to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment, dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion.

This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.

Два незадачливых ветерана Второй мировой войны становятся, несмотря на все различия между ними, лучшими друзьями на всю жизнь. Арчи Джонс, чистокровный британец, берет себе в жены молодую крупную девушку с Ямайки. Самад Икбал вступает в брак по договоренности и вынужден ждать, пока его жена появится на свет. И если бы обоих друзей ждало счастливое будущее! Дети приносят головную боль, прошлое наступает на пятки, и никому нет покоя в этом многослойном романе.

Два противоборствующих клана – Кипсы и Белси – случайно оказываются соседями в одном из районов Бостона. Семьи схлестнутся в политической и личной схватках на фоне междоусобных войн на кафедре либерального колледжа, где работают главы обоих кланов. Вслед за отцами в конфликт будут вовлечены и дети, и окажется, что даже у чувств есть идеологический оттенок.

Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also a brilliant and singular essayist. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books on a range of subjects, and each piece of hers is a literary event in its own right.

Arranged into five sections--In the World, In the Audience, In the Gallery, On the Bookshelf, and Feel Free--this new collection poses questions we immediately recognize. What is The Social Network--and Facebook itself--really about? "It's a cruel portrait of us: 500 million sentient people entrapped in the recent careless thoughts of a Harvard sophomore." Why do we love libraries? "Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay." What will we tell our granddaughters about our collective failure to address global warming? "So I might say to her, look: the thing you have to appreciate is that we'd just been through a century of relativism and deconstruction, in which we were informed that most of our fondest-held principles were either uncertain or simple wishful thinking, and in many areas of our lives we had already been asked to accept that nothing is essential and everything changes--and this had taken the fight out of us somewhat."

Gathering in one place for the first time previously unpublished work, as well as already classic essays, such as, "Joy," and, "Find Your Beach," Feel Free offers a survey of important recent events in culture and politics, as well as Smith's own life. Equally at home in the world of good books and bad politics, Brooklyn-born rappers and the work of Swiss novelists, she is by turns wry, heartfelt, indignant, and incisive--and never any less than perfect company. This is literary journalism at its zenith.

Делает ли происхождение человека от рождения ущербным, уменьшая его шансы на личное счастье? Этот вопрос в центре романа Зэди Смит, одного из самых известных британских писателей нового поколения. "Время свинга" — история личного краха, описанная выпукло, талантливо, с полным пониманием законов общества и тонкостей человеческой психологии. Героиня романа, проницательная, рефлексирующая, образованная девушка, спасаясь от скрытого расизма и неблагополучной жизни, разрывает с домом и бежит в мир поп-культуры, загоняя себя в ловушку, о существовании которой она даже не догадывается. Смит тем самым говорит: в мире не на что положиться,…

One of the most talked about fictional debuts of ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three