{"product_id":"9780143192596","title":"Feel Free","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, CRITICISM CATEGORY\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA timely, powerful collection of essays from one of our sharpest minds and most sparkling stylists\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow much joy can a person tolerate? How many kinds of boredom make up a life? Who owns the story of black America? Should Justin Bieber be more like Socrates? And why is there a dead art collector floating in the swimming pool?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDazzlingly insightful, explosively funny, and ever-timely, Zadie Smith is back with a second unmissable collection of essays. From German Old Masters to the new masters of East Coast rap, from social networks opening lines of communication to national referenda closing doors, \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e reaches out in all directions and draws back a rich feast of ideas. Here 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the easy intimacy of a local and the piercing clarity of an outsider, \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e casts a sharp critical eye over the creative luminaries that have shaped our world: from J. G. Ballard to Karl Ove Knausgaard, Orson Welles to Charlie Kaufman, Joni Mitchell to Beyonce, and far beyond. And it considers the points of contact where the author herself meets this world, where the political meets the personal, and critique meets memoir. This electrifying new collection showcases Zadie Smith as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.","brand":"Zadie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47035752415286,"sku":"9780143192596","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4e7103eb-c25c-42e4-a1fd-95f9803f5f95.jpg?v=1785448263","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9780143192596","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}