This is the first pandemic book I’ve read. How did we handle the empty time, and was it truly empty? Did work – home spaces blur? Who and what is essential? How will we remember this era? What is suffering and is all suffering the same? She does not answer these questions, but poses them for self-reflection and perhaps discussion. This is a short study of humans in crisis.Įach of six essays offers a concept or series of questions that confronted us in spring 2020. Review by Seana Zimmer, adult services library assistant at the Hillsborough branchĬontemporary award-winning novelist Zadie Smith shares her thoughts about the first months of the pandemic, a time she describes as “global humbling.” In this slim volume “ Intimation: Six Essays ,” elegant prose is not weighed down in the settings or plot. “ Intimations: Six Essays” by Zadie Smith
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