Zadie Smith in conversation with the NS culture editor
Jonathan Derbyshire talks to the author of "NW".
By New Statesman Published 06 September 2012 13:00
Zadie Smith in 2010. Photograph: Getty Images
NS culture editor Jonathan Derbyshire took part in the Penguin Podcast this week, in which he interviews Zadie Smith, author of NW.
You can listen to the interview in full here:
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2 comments
its was hard for her because she was trying to imitate a style that probably doesn't come naturally to her, her other novels are truly flawless.
I am far too tired of writers being asked their opinion outside of their written products to bother listening to this interview. Besides, I hear the thing is virtually unreadable. Away with you--write, don't talk.