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Cargando... The Autograph Man (2002 original; edición 2003)por Zadie Smith (Autor)
Información de la obraThe Autograph Man por Zadie Smith (2002)
  
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 Ms. Smith's latest novel, ''The Autograph Man,'' is similarly ambitious -- in this case tackling such sprawling themes as the consequences of fame, the hunger for religious faith, the tension between the symbolic and the mundane -- but it's a flat-footed, grudging performance. Dour where ''White Teeth'' was exuberant; abstract and pompous where ''White Teeth'' was brightly satiric; tight and preachy where ''White Teeth'' was expansive. Pertenece a las series editorialesColección Folio (4405)
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HTML: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. From the Trade Paperback edition. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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(M53'12) The Autograph Man, Zadie Smith
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Flashes of satisfying surprise in the writing were not enough to off-set the zero arch of the first three-fourths of the story. I got as far as page 287 and just didn't care enough to push through the last 50 . (