{"product_id":"dead-and-alive-essays-by-zadie-smith","title":"Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2025 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME, Vanity Fair,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews •\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormer library hardcover in very good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mt Lebanon Book Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44167648968884,"sku":"NF - HC - MTL - SEO","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0504\/7097\/7716\/files\/81_23QuRlVL._SY466.jpg?v=1774286117","url":"https:\/\/mt-lebanon-book-cellar.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-and-alive-essays-by-zadie-smith","provider":"Mt Lebanon Book Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}