Close Read: Zadie Smith's On Beauty

Dialogue thoughts; random discovery

Zadie Smith’s On Beauty

This is now the third “close read” piece I’ve posted, starting in October. In these pieces, I’m looking to focus on just an element or two of a writer’s work. Here, I wanted to look at Smith’s dialogue, a strength in her work.

I finally read this novel last year, after it sat on my shelf through some ye…