Zadie Smith

essayist, novelist

British novelist whose fiction and criticism display dazzling linguistic range, from North London vernacular to high literary register.

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  1. n. the language of one's country

    The vernacular of the streets has its own poetry.
  2. n. the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste; adj. concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

    The aesthetics of the novel are in constant flux.
  3. n. a very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation

    The loss of nuance is the death of literature.
  4. n. the policy or practice of giving equal attention or representation to the cultural needs and contributions of all the groups in a society

    Multiculturalism is not a policy, but a reality.

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