Dead and Alive Essays by Zadie Smith (2025, Hardcover) SIGNED 1st Print Like New

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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on tipped-in page. First edition, First printing stated. Like New, pages ...
Signed By
Zadie Smith
Signed
Yes
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
Inscribed
No
Intended Audience
Adults
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
No
Personalize
No
Type
Essays
Literary Movement
Modernism
Personalized
No
Features
Dust Jacket, Protective Mylar Cover, Signed by the author
ISBN
9780593834688
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593834682
ISBN-13
9780593834688
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8076822907

Product Key Features

Book Title
Dead and Alive : Essays
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Essays
Publication Year
2025
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Author
Zadie Smith
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2025-038436
Reviews
"Written between 2016 and 2025, these often compelling essays are divided into five sections: Eyeballing, Considering, Reconsidering, Mourning, and Confessing. That means pieces on visual artists like Kara Walker and films like Tár , a memorial for Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel, and a new essay about technology that is one of the book's high points . . . Smith leaves room for disagreement and still maintains her high-minded humanistic ideas." -- Vulture "Smith is unsatisfied with reactive stances, whether that be in regard to the problem of consciousness or current events, and she demands that everything be broken down, examined and then reassembled. Thanks to her writing's wry humor and compassion, the breaking down of positions goes down much better than you would assume it might, and when the worldview she has tackled has been put back together, you find yourself changed. The basic fact of your stance might not be any different, but your understanding of it most certainly will be--as well as your understanding of yourself and others. This is Smith's most consequential publication in years . . . In Dead and Alive , Smith returns to essay-writing with a hammer." -- BookPage "Novelist and critic Smith brings an incisive eye and keen wit to art, music, fiction, politics, and more in this wide-ranging essay collection . . . Smith delivers original insights couched in sly, artful prose . . . Readers will be rewarded by this unforgettable collection." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Smith is a consummate and perpetual essayist. Her fourth collection contains 30 penetrating, nimble, witty, and affecting pieces, most from the past half-dozen years . . . A treasury of candid, thoughtful, caring, and exhilarating inquires." -- Booklist, "Novelist and critic Smith brings an incisive eye and keen wit to art, music, fiction, politics, and more in this wide-ranging essay collection . . . Smith delivers original insights couched in sly, artful prose . . . Readers will be rewarded by this unforgettable collection." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Smith is a consummate and perpetual essayist. Her fourth collection contains 30 penetrating, nimble, witty, and affecting pieces, most from the past half-dozen years . . . A treasury of candid, thoughtful, caring, and exhilarating inquires." -- Booklist, "Novelist and critic Smith brings an incisive eye and keen wit to art, music, fiction, politics, and more in this wide-ranging essay collection . . . Smith delivers original insights couched in sly, artful prose . . . Readers will be rewarded by this unforgettable collection." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Synopsis
A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays In this eagerly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects that have captured her attention in recent years. She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kara Walker and Celia Paul. She invites us along to the movies, to see and to think about Tár, and to New York to reflect on the spontaneous moments that connect us. She takes us on a walk down Kilburn High Road in her beloved North-West London and welcomes us to mourn with her the passing of writers Joan Didion, Martin Amis, Hilary Mantel, Philip Roth and Toni Morrison. She considers changes of government on both sides of the Atlantic - and the meaning of "the commons" in all our lives. Throughout this thrilling collection, Zadie Smith shows us once again her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.
LC Classification Number
PR6069.M59D43 2025

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