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Author | Zadie Smith |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Media type | Print ( Hardback) |
Intimations is a 2020 collection of essays by writer Zadie Smith. Smith began writing the book around the time the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, and completed it soon after the murder of George Floyd. [1]
The essays discuss topics including creative writing, the pandemic, and the murder of George Floyd. [2]
Intimations received generally positive reviews. According to literary review aggregator
Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews with fourteen being "rave" and seven being "positive" and three being "mixed".
[3]
[4] In
Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.69 out of 5) from the site which was based on 6 critic reviews.
[5]
Constance Grady, writing for Vox, referred to Smith's essays about current events as occasionally "facile" and that the collection was best when addressing the nature and utility of writing. [6]
![]() First edition | |
Author | Zadie Smith |
---|---|
Language | English |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Media type | Print ( Hardback) |
Intimations is a 2020 collection of essays by writer Zadie Smith. Smith began writing the book around the time the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, and completed it soon after the murder of George Floyd. [1]
The essays discuss topics including creative writing, the pandemic, and the murder of George Floyd. [2]
Intimations received generally positive reviews. According to literary review aggregator
Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews with fourteen being "rave" and seven being "positive" and three being "mixed".
[3]
[4] In
Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.69 out of 5) from the site which was based on 6 critic reviews.
[5]
Constance Grady, writing for Vox, referred to Smith's essays about current events as occasionally "facile" and that the collection was best when addressing the nature and utility of writing. [6]