{"product_id":"nw-by-zadie-smith","title":"'NW' by Zadie Smith","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"26\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eSet in North West London, Zadie Smith abandons the broad social canvas of \u003cem data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"196\"\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e in favour of a work that floats between stream of consciousness, fragmented dialogue, lists, emails and interior monologues.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"26\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eThe novel follows four childhood friends whose lives diverge as they move through questions of class, race, ambition and belonging. London itself becomes the organising intelligence of the book: its estates, buses, accents, postcodes and chance encounters shaping every life that passes through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"1091\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"796\"\u003eNW\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about proximity without intimacy, mobility without escape, and the uneasy relationship between where we come from and the selves we attempt to invent. One of the defining British novels of the twenty-first century, it rewards readers interested as much in voice and form as in story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1226\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Books paperback edition, 2013. First Penguin edition following the 2012 Hamish Hamilton publication. Very good condition with light shelf wear and minor edge wear to the wraps. Binding remains tight and the pages are clean throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45813395030099,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-13T154850.154.png?v=1783924035","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/nw-by-zadie-smith","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}