The year is 2001. It has been less than a month since Islamist terrorists hijacked two passenger planes and brought down the towers of the World Trade Center. And as New York recovers its bodies, the American government plans its “war on terror” and security officials around the world relearn their profession, demands the literary critic James Wood: In light of the catastrophe of September 11th, Zadie Smith (and some of her fellow writers) need to write better!
Zadie Smith’s novel “Fraud”: How does literature help in crises? – Culture
