ZADIE SMITH

In conversation with ALOMA RODRÍGUEZ

Sala BBK

Since her acclaimed debut novel ‘White Teeth’, Zadie Smith’s narrative moves to the rhythm of jazz in the same north-west London neighbourhood where she grew up. A territory populated by multicultural personalities —she herself is of Jamaican origin— where current issues related to family or social differences are tackled with a penetrating gaze and a playful spirit. Smith does not neglect present-day concerns even when she takes her usual setting back two centuries. She does so in her latest novel, ‘The Fraud’, recently published by Salamandra, a catalogue that includes several titles by the author, including ‘Changing My Mind’, a brilliant essay that also celebrates Kafka. There are plenty of reasons for this: Smith is a long-awaited guest of the festival, and we finally get to welcome her this 2024. The writer Aloma Rodríguez will be her swing partner.

English with simultaneous translation. Book signing after the event.
Free admission until full capacity.