{"product_id":"grand-union-stories-paperback","title":"Grand Union: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling collection of short fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. Interleaving eleven completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere, Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply alert and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nothing is off limits, and everything--when captured by Smith's brilliant gaze--feels fresh and relevant. Perfectly paced and utterly original, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the wonders Zadie Smith can do.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eZadie Smith is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e won multiple literary awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768871452960,"sku":"9780525559016","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d8ffaa0b29bf1426b2fd43c4463a9962.webp?v=1780339436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/grand-union-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}