Zadie Smith - NW novel Zadie Smith

NW is a novel by Zadie Smith that follows four young people, Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan, as they move through the same years in a rundown housing block on the northwest edge of London. Their lives are shaped by the few streets they know well, yet the next moment is never predictable.

Smith portrays a city whose dense social fabric can at any time steer her characters onto unexpected courses. The book captures this complicated place with precision, and the stories of its four protagonists stay with the reader long after the last page.

The novel was shortlisted for the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction, awarded to women writers. This paperback edition has 432 pages and was published in 2021 by Európa Könyvkiadó. The BBC broadcast a film adaptation of the book in 2016.