Name: The Autograph man (in English)
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Author: Zadie Smith
ISBN: 9780375703874

Type

Physical Book

Author

Zadie Smith

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

037570387X

ISBN13

9780375703874

Synopsis "The Autograph man (in English)"

Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. His business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame. But what does Alex want? Only the return of his father, the end of religion, something for his headache, three different girls, infinite grace, and the rare autograph of forties movie actress Kitty Alexander. With fries. The Autograph Man is a deeply funny existential tour around the hollow trappings of modernity: celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. It offers further proof that Zadie Smith is one of the most staggeringly talented writers of her generation. Look for her new book Swing Time, coming November 2016.

Zadie Smith

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(Londres, 1975) estudió Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Cambridge. En el año 2003 fue elegida Mejor Novelista Joven Británico por la prestigiosa revista Granta, hecho que se repitió en 2013. En 2006 la revista Time la incluyó en su lista de las cien personas más influyentes del año. Zadie Smith es miembro de la Royal Society of Literature. Ha ganado numerosos premios literarios.

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