Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
'Alarmingly good.' Metro
'A supremely good read. Smith writes about reading and writing with such infectious zeal and engaging accessibility that it makes you want to turn up at her house and demand tutoring.' Dazed and Confused
'Brilliant. She's friendly and conspiratorial, voicing the kind of clever theories we could imagine ourselves holding if only we were as articulate as Zadie Smith.' Vogue
'Striding with open hearted zest and eloquence between fiction (from EM Forster to David Foster Wallace) and travel, movies and comedy, family and community in a self-portrait that charts the evolution of a formidable talent. In lovely elegiac pieces on her late father Harvey, D-Day veteran and Tony Hancock fan, Smith also delivers some of the most affecting autobiographical writing in any form.' Independent, Books of the Year
'Fascinating. Smith has the gift of showing you how she reads and thinks; watching her do it makes you feel smarter and more observant. Her account of her struggles as an author may be the most authentic, unglamorous description of novel-writing ever put on paper.' Time
Format: Paperback | 320 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.9 | 238g
Publication Date: 29 Jul 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0141019468
ISBN13: 9780141019468
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges, and a crease on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.