by Zadie Smith · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141013282
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«The Autograph Man» is the literary fiction novel by Zadie Smith, published by Penguin Books in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Alex-Li Tandem, a young autograph dealer of Chinese-Jewish origin, searches London for the autograph of film star Kitty Alexander. The novel reflects on fame, religion and identity, and portrays the contemporary obsession with celebrity and the difficulty of finding meaning in a world of appearances and symbols.
Winner of the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, it was also nominated for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize.
Intended for readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in fame, identity and the cult of celebrity.
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.
