Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
Taste attributes: dramamusicalrealisticsimpleglossycomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.7 / 5
10 ratings
About This Book
"An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free.
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- Author
- Zadie Smith
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 453
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- Source
- Open Library
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