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The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith (Hardcover, 2013)
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A rare and brilliant story from Zadie Smith, taking us deep into the life of a young woman, Fatou, domestic servant to the Derawals and escapee from one set of hardships to another. Beginning and ending outside the Embassy of Cambodia, which happens to be located in Willesden, NW London, Zadie Smith's absorbing, moving and wryly observed story suggests how the apparently small things in an ordinary life always raise larger, more extraordinary questions. 'It's scale is superficially small, but its range is lightly immense; in the first couple of pages, the world from Ghana to London to Cambodia enters. It is a fiction of consequences both global and heartrenchingly intimate. This voice is global, plural and local, with a delicate grip on historic consequences...... Works on an awesomely global scale, and the relations of slavery and mastership are traced in both personal and international scale.' Philip Hensher, The Guardian 'Reading it is a bit like having a starter in a restaurant that is so good you wish you had ordered a big portion as a main course, only to realise, as you finish it, that it was exactly the right amount.' 'A perfect stocking-filler of a book that shows that short-form fiction can be as vibrant and as healthy as any densely realised full-length novel.' Louise Doughty, The Observer 'Smith serves up a smasher.' Leyla Sanai, The Independent On SundayProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241146521
eBay Product ID (ePID)176708371
Product Key Features
Publication Year2013
TopicBooks
Book TitleThe Embassy of Cambodia
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorZadie Smith
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height167 mm
Item Weight131 g
Item Width120 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorZadie Smith
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Great little book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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