Zadie Smith goes to town
With 'On Beauty' receiving accolades, the author reflects on ambition, Britain, and Boston
Beauty and brilliance, talent, marriage to an acclaimed poet, financial success, and great good luck. Novelist Zadie Smith, 29, has all of these things as her new novel, ''On Beauty," gets bravura reviews, ascends the US bestseller lists, and contends for Britain's top literary prize. What she lacks, it seems, is an easy mind about it all. (Full article: 1515 words)
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