{"product_id":"book-dxxy","title":"Intimations","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“While quarantined amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Smith penned six dazzling, trenchant essays burrowing deep into our contemporary culture of disease and upheaval and reflecting on what was ‘once necessary’ that now ‘appears inessential’.” —\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Smith does more than illuminate what we're going through right now. She offers a model of how to think ourselves through a fraught historical moment without getting hysterical or sanctimonious, without losing our compassion or our appreciation for what's good in other people. She teaches us how to be better at being human.” —\u003cb\u003eJohn Powers, Fresh Air\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten during the early months of lockdown, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e explores ideas and questions prompted by an unprecedented situation. What does it mean to submit to a new reality--or to resist it? How do we compare relative sufferings? What is the relationship between time and work? In our isolation, what do other people mean to us? How do we think about them? What is the ratio of contempt to compassion in a crisis? When an unfamiliar world arrives, what does it reveal about the world that came before it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with a profound intimacy and tenderness in response to these extraordinary times, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e is a slim, suggestive volume with a wide scope, in which Zadie Smith clears a generous space for thought, open enough for each reader to reflect on what has happened--and what should come next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author will donate her royalties from the sale of\u003ci\u003e Intimations\u003c\/i\u003e to charity.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49327334293808,"sku":"BDdxxy","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/411854-dxxy-Square.jpg?v=1733689889","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dxxy","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}