Feel Free : Essays

The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, bestselling author of Swing Time and White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM 2019'Should you read this brilliant book? Absolutely' Independent**

'Generous, curious, insistent on the possibility of imaginative connection' Evening Standard*No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, from Jay-Z to Karl Ove Knausgaard, she has endless enthusiasmand the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free *, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment, dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion.

This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.

**'Lively, intelligent and frequently hilarious, [it] proves that she's one of the brightest minds in English literature today' NPR **

'Smart, spirited and distinctive' Wall Street Journal**

'She is the book nerd, the culture geek, reading, hearing and seeing, and dying to talk to somebody about it' Guardian**