Close reading of Zadie Smith’s NW by Khadeeja Khalid
Zadie Smith’s use of narrative voice in this extract from NW allows the reader to delve deeper into the mind of Leah.
Zadie Smith’s use of narrative voice in this extract from NW allows the reader to delve deeper into the mind of Leah.
In the post-war British context, the term ‘postcolonial’ has often been applied to Black and Asian writers. General surveys of post-war or contemporary British literature frequently use ‘postcolonial’ as a euphemism for ‘non-white’ […]
Born in London to a Jamaican immigrant mother and English father, Smith (1975– ) has written multi-award winning novels as well as many essays and short stories.
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Extract from NW This extract comes from p. 182 of Zadie Smith’s NW. We’re interested in your reading experience. The text is fully annotatable: highlight any portion of the text to add yourRead More…
NW (2012), Zadie Smith’s fourth novel, documents the lives and experiences of four people who come from the same area in north-west London: Leah Hanwell, Felix Cooper, Natalie (née Keisha) Blake andRead More…