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More silence; children's silence, so desperately desired by adults yet eerie when it finally occurs.

Zadie Smith

More silence; children's silence, so desperately desired by adults yet eerie when it finally occurs.

Tags: eerie, silence

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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.