Swing Time
Swing Time by Zadie Smith is a novel published by Penguin Press in 2016, featuring 453 pages in English. This work explores the lives of two brown girls who aspire to be dancers, focusing on their complex friendship and the contrasting paths they take. The narrative shifts between northwest London and West Africa, delving into themes of rhythm, identity, and the essence of freedom.
Readers will find a rich exploration of friendship and music, as well as the impact of cultural roots on personal development. The story presents a vivid portrayal of how relationships shape individuals and how they navigate their dreams and realities. Swing Time offers an energetic and human perspective on the intricacies of growing up and the enduring connections that define us.
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A New York Times bestseller
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for Fiction
2017 Man Booker Prize Longlist
An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from northwest London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty
Two brown girls dream of being dancers–but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, about what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It’s a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either.
Dazzlingly energetic and deeply human, Swing Time is a story about friendship and music and stubborn roots, about how we are shaped by these things and how we can survive them. Moving from northwest London to West Africa, it is an exuberant dance to the music of time.
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