The Autograph Man
2003; University of Oklahoma; Volume: 77; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/40158047
ISSN1945-8134
Autores Tópico(s)Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
ResumoThe Autograph Man is Zadie Smith's whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion - it takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Exposing our misconceptions about our idols - about ourselves - Zadie Smith delivers a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we really want to be. A glorious concoction written by our most beguiling and original prose-wizard. (Independent on Sunday). A brilliant comedy with a tantalising throb of mystic philosophy underneath. (Philip Hensher, Books of the Year, Spectator). A pleasure from the first page to the last. (Evening Standard). Intellectually agile ...ecstatic inventiveness. (Time). A classic. (Spectator). Genuinely funny and entertaining. (Guardian). Vibrant, highly imaginative. (Jewish Chronicle). Full of irony, humour, the search for love and the fear of death ...a touching, thoughtful, deeply felt rite-of-passage novel. (Sunday Telegraph).
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