Smith*Swing Time - Smith, Zadie

A dazzlingly exuberant new novel moving from north west London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, black bodies and black music, what it means to belong, what it means to be 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. Bursting with energy, rhythm and movement, Swing Time is Zadie Smith's most ambitious novel yet. It is a story about music and identity, race and class, those who follow the dance and those who lead it .

Swing Time : Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

Swing Time : Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

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Swing Time : Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

Swing Time : Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

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Swing time

<br /><br />Two girls dream of being dancers but only one has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, black bodies and black music, what it means to be free. The close childhood friendship ends abruptly but is never quite forgotten. Bursting with rhythm, movement and energy, iIt is a story about music and identity, race and class, those who follow the dance and those who lead it.<br /><br /><br /><br />A dazzlingly exuberant new novel moving from north west London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty<br /><br />Two brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, black bodies and black music, what it means to belong, what it means to be 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.<br /><br />Bursting with energy, rhythm and movement, Swing Time is Zadie Smith's most ambitious novel yet. It is a story about music and identity, race and class, those who follow the dance and those who lead it .

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