{"product_id":"intimations-six-essays-paperback","title":"Intimations: Six Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Smith's] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America's social systems.\" --\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"While quarantined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Smith penned six dazzling, trenchant essays burrowing deep into our contemporary culture of disease and upheaval and reflecting on what was 'once necessary' that now 'appears inessential . . .'\" --\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2020 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Smith does more than illuminate what we're going through right now. She offers a model of how to think ourselves through a fraught historical moment without getting hysterical or sanctimonious, without losing our compassion or our appreciation for what's good in other people. She teaches us how to be better at being human.\" --\u003cb\u003eJohn Powers, Fresh Air\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten during the early months of lockdown, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality--or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? What is the relationship between time and work? In our isolation, what do other people mean to us? How do we think about them? What is the ratio of contempt to compassion in a crisis? When an unfamiliar world arrives, what does it reveal about the world that came before it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these extraordinary times, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e is a slim, suggestive volume with a wide scope, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened--and what should come next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author will donate her royalties from the sale of\u003ci\u003e Intimations\u003c\/i\u003e to charity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e 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 a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Embassy of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e, and two collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Feel Free\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of Granta'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\u003e was 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 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768748179744,"sku":"9780593297612","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d1734f70dfed9d37b232c75150114530.webp?v=1780336401","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/intimations-six-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}