Zadie Smith Coco Before Chanel The Hits Will Young The Book of the Alchemist Adam Williams
R E V I E W S
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The essays
of Zadie
Smith
Changing My Mind, Occasional Essays ys
by Zadie Smith, out 26 Nov, Hamish
Hamilton, £20 (hardback), £10.99
(paperback) Ten years ago every
woman was reading White Teeth
on her daily commute. Way
before Potter-holicism and Dan
Brown-itus, Zadie Smith had
people hooked, and now she’s giving
readers the chance to see what she
was reading while we were reading her. er.
A mixture of her own musings,
favourite books and authors and various ous
commissions she’s written, Changing My
Mind is like meeting your favourite author uthor and
talking to them late into the night. You llearn
about her loves and hates and indulge in those
moments when you realise you had exactly the
same thoughts, only couldn’t find the words to
put them so beautifully.
Split into five sections: Reading, Being,
Seeing, Feeling and Remembering, the topics
Smith covers give a real glimpse into her
world; from her fascination with EM Forster
(to whom her last novel On Beauty paid
homage), to a touching account of her father’s
experience during the Second World War and
her unwavering devotion to Katharine Hepburn,
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pictures of whom once covered her
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Joining the ranks of novelists-turned-essayists,
Smith finds herself in the company of TS Elliot,
Virginia Woolf and Doris Lessing (to name but a
few) with an anthology which – amazingly – in no
way buckles under the weight of the comparison.
Fans of White Teeth, The Autograph Man and
On Beauty will be delighted at the insight these
essays afford them, while first-time readers
can easily treat it as a mind-broadening,
conversation-enhancing power read.
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COCO BEFORE CHANEL
Out 23 Nov, Optimum Home
Entertainment, £19.99 Audrey
Tautou’s portrayal affords a rare
insight into one of fashion’s
greatest icons. A glamorous
history lesson – though it does
get a bit weepy – Anne Fontaine’s
film is every bit as elegant as the
woman who inspired it.
THE BOOK OF THE
ALCHEMIST BY ADAM
WILLIAMS
Out 26 Nov, Hodder and
Stoughton, £18.99 A thousand
years go by in a flash as Williams
spins a yarn uniting childhood
camaraderie in the 11th century
with the violence of 20th-century
civil war. Prepare to be captivated.
MUSIC
THE HITS BY WILL YOUNG
Out 16 Nov, £8.95 True to form,
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you’re preparing dinner. Charting
his evolution from Evergreen, Leave Right Now and more
contemporary stylings including Grace, you’ll be surprised
at how many of the words you know. Although a few more
‘hits’ would be nice – don’t retire, Will!
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