內容簡介
曾經入圍曼布克獎，被喻為同代作家中，最優秀的英國小說家Zadie
Smith，以炫技的筆展現文風迥異、主題包羅萬象的短篇小說集。
這是Smith的第一本短篇小說，她以敏銳的觀察力與獨特的聲調，挖掘現代生活中焦慮與複雜的人生經驗。除了已經在《紐約客》與其他報章媒體所發表的故事，另外穿插11篇從未發表的短篇小說，展現令人目眩神迷的各類虛構故事。
透過不同的文類與觀點，從歷史的、時事的、甚至帶點反烏托邦意味的故事，以她的先見之明，展演時間與地域，認同與重生，不斷縈繞現代人心的時代遺緒，以及急著與我們相遇的詭異未來。
凡Smith凝視之物，皆帶有一種新鮮感與關聯性。步調精準、十足原創，這本短篇小說集顯現出Zadie Smith的神奇能力。
Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. Interleaving eleven completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from The New Yorker and elsewhere, Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, Grand Union is a sharply and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us.
Nothing is off limits, and everything—when captured by Smith’s brilliant gaze—feels fresh and relevant. Perfectly paced and utterly original, Grand Union highlights the wonders Zadie Smith can do.
