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A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist• One of
The New York Times Book Review
's 10 Best Books of 2012• One of
TIME's
Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012•
One of
The Wall Street Journal's
Best 10 Fiction Books of 2012•
A
New York Times
and
Washington Post
Notable Book of 2012
“[
NW
] is that rare thing, a book that is radical and passionate and real.” —Anne Enright,
“A triumph . . . As Smith threads together her characters' inner and outer worlds, every sentence sings.”
—The Guardian
“A powerful portrait of class and identity in multicultural London.”
—Entertainment Weekly
Set in northwest London, Zadie Smith’s brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals—Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan—as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabit a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zone—familiar to city-dwellers everywhere—
is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.
The New York Times Book Review
's 10 Best Books of 2012• One of
TIME's
Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012•
One of
The Wall Street Journal's
Best 10 Fiction Books of 2012•
A
New York Times
and
Washington Post
Notable Book of 2012
“[
NW
] is that rare thing, a book that is radical and passionate and real.” —Anne Enright,
“A triumph . . . As Smith threads together her characters' inner and outer worlds, every sentence sings.”
—The Guardian
“A powerful portrait of class and identity in multicultural London.”
—Entertainment Weekly
Set in northwest London, Zadie Smith’s brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals—Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan—as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabit a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zone—familiar to city-dwellers everywhere—
is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.
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