SWING TIME is one of Zadie Smith's more recent novels. It was published in 2016 and it starts out with most of the action taking place in the 1990's as two multi racial girls are growing up in England. The story describes a neat moment in time as these two girls come of age. Lots of 90's pop culture is delightfully thrown into this mix as well. Parts of the story also take place in the United States and in Africa.
The two girls meet in dance class and become friends. Dance is also woven into the story with mention being made of some famous dancers the girls watched on videos. Then the subject of Dance comes back up as one girl journeys to Africa in adulthood. The title Swing Time is probably in reference to the dancers the girls watched on videos from the era of the 30's, 40's or 50's. I looked up one of the dancer's on You Tube, Jeni LeGon, that I actually had never heard of before.
Zadie Smith is the bestselling author of WHITE TEETH and ON BEAUTY. She is multi racial herself and writes extensively on this subject. She also writes about multiculturalism.
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