2013.09.22 小说家和评论家扎迪-史密斯

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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the novelist and critic, Zadie Smith.

First published at just twenty four her debut novel "White Teeth" garnered huge attention and praise. As a result she suffered the unnerving experience of doing her literary growing up in public.

Yet in spite of the scrutiny she blossomed. In the 13 years since, her novels, essays and short stories have brought numerous literary prizes and critical praise. Born to a Jamaican mother and a British father she was brought up in Willesden, North London where many of her characters live. She began writing at the age of 5 and was a voracious reader - devouring the greats of literature. Now she divides her time between Willesden and New York where she teaches creative writing.

She describes herself as "an English novelist enslaved to an ancient tradition" and yet her chosen areas of exploration could not be more of the moment.

She says, "I'm really interested in what memory feels like ... we only have snapshots of the past ..." she continues to declare that writing isn't about "being experimental, it's about finding something true."



发布日期：2013年9月22日发布时间：一年多以来
克斯蒂-杨本周的弃儿是小说家和评论家扎迪-史密斯。

她在24岁时首次出版的处女作《白牙》获得了巨大的关注和赞誉。因此，她遭受了在公众面前进行文学成长的令人不安的经历。

然而，尽管受到监督，她还是开花结果。在此后的13年里，她的小说、散文和短篇小说带来了无数的文学奖项和评论界的赞誉。她的母亲是牙买加人，父亲是英国人，她在伦敦北部的威尔斯登长大，她的许多角色都住在那里。她从5岁开始写作，并且是一个贪婪的读者--吞噬着文学大师们的作品。现在她在威尔斯登和纽约之间分配时间，在那里她教创意写作。

她形容自己是 "一个被古老传统所奴役的英国小说家"，但她所选择的探索领域却不能更符合时宜。

她说："我对记忆的感觉非常感兴趣......我们只有过去的快照...... "她继续宣称，写作不是为了 "做实验，而是为了找到真实的东西"。