Swing Time
by Zadie Smith (Author) – November 15, 2016
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.
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Product Details
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Penguin Press (November 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594203989
ISBN-13: 978-1594203985
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
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Zadie Smith was born in Northwest London in 1975 and still lives in the area. She is the author of Swing Time, White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, Changing My Mind, and NW.
by Zadie Smith (Author) – November 15, 2016
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.
Get a copy (Amazon) : Swing Time
Product Details
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Penguin Press (November 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594203989
ISBN-13: 978-1594203985
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review:
Get a copy (Amazon) : Swing Time
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