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Back then, we were all still willing to take the risk, if risk is the right word to describe entering into the lives of others, not merely in symbol but in reality.

Zadie Smith

Back then, we were all still willing to take the risk, if risk is the right word to describe entering into the lives of others, not merely in symbol but in reality.

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About Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.