LonglistedfortheCarnegieMedal!AdazzlingcollectionofshortfictionZadieSmithhasestablishedherselfasoneofthemosticonic,criticallyrespected,andpopularwritersofhergeneration.Inherfirstshortstorycollection,shecombinesherpowerofobservationandherinimitablevoicetominethefraughtandcomplexexperienceoflifeinthemodernworld.Interleavingelevencompletelynewandunpublishedstorieswithsomeofherbest-lovedpiecesfromTheNewYorkerandelsewhere,Smithpresentsadizzyinglyrichandvariedcollectionoffiction.Movingexhilaratinglyacrossgenresandperspectives,fromthehistorictothevividlycurrenttotheslylydystopian,GrandUnionisasharplyalertandprescientcollectionabouttimeandplace,identityandrebirth,thepersistentlegaciesthathauntourpresentselvesandtheuncannyfuturesthatrushuptomeetus.Nothingisofflimits,andeverything--whencapturedbySmith’sbrilliantgaze--feelsfreshandrelevant.Perfectlypacedandutterlyoriginal,GrandUnionhighlightsthewondersZadieSmithcando.
