by Zadie Smith · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070766444
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«L'homme à l'autographe» is the literary fiction novel by Zadie Smith, published by Gallimard in paperback (405 pages, in French).
Alex-Li Tandem, an autograph dealer in London, lives between the memory of past stars and his dual Jewish and Chinese heritage. The discovery of the impossible autograph of an obscure Hollywood actress from the fifties drags him into a tragicomic journey from London to New York, with an acid look at celebrity culture.
Novel originally published in English as «The Autograph Man» (2002), translated into French by Jamila and Serge Chauvin.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction who appreciate social satire and ironic portrayals of fame culture.
Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, published in 2000, was an immediate best-seller and won a number of awards. Smith became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.
