- Homepage
- literature
- VRIJEME SWINGA
- comics
- computer science
- current affairs
-
dictionaries / grammars / foreign languages
-
dictionaries
- croatian dictionaries
- czech dictionaries
- dictionary of art
- english dictionaries
- french dictionaries
- german dictionaries
- greek dictionaries
- italian dictionaries
- latin dictionaries
- polish dictionaries
- portuguese dictionaries
- romanian dictionaries
- russian dictionaries
- spanish dictionaries
- slovak dictionaries
- slovenian dictionaries
- foreign languages
- grammar
-
dictionaries
- economics
- gifts
- encyclopedia / handbooks
- erotica / sex
- history
- hobbies
- humour
- literature
- magazines
- maritime affairs
- multimedia publications
- natural science
- other editions
- politics
- popular science
-
reading
- 1st grade of elementary school
- 2nd grade of elementary school
- 3rd grade of elementary school
- 4th grade of elementary school
- 5th grade of elementary school
- 6th grade of elementary school
- 7th grade of elementary school
- 8th grade elementary school
- 1st grade of high school
- 2nd grade of high school
- 3rd grade of high school
- 4th grade of high school
- religion / mythology
- social sciences
- technology / engineering / construction
- textbooks
- textbooks of vocational schools and faculties
- tourism
- travel-records
About the book VRIJEME SWINGA
Zadie Smith, koja se proslavila Bijelim zubima, napisala je ponovno briljantan roman, čije su protagonistice dvije tamnopute prijateljice koje odrastaju u miješanim obiteljima u siromašnom predgrađu Londona. Obje žele biti plesačice, ali samo je Tracey talentirana za ples. Njezina prijateljica, neimenovana pripovjedačica romana u 1. licu, u svemu slijedi Tracey kao uzor, ali u biti ima jasno definirane stavove. To blisko i zamršeno prijateljstvo naglo se prekida u njihovim dvadesetima, ali oblikuje ih za cijeli život. Tracey uspijeva doći do pozornice, no završava ondje gdje je i počela, dok njezina prijateljica postaje osobna pomoćnica pop-zvijezde i iz prve ruke saznaje kako živi onaj mali postotak privilegiranih. Kad pjevačicu obuzmu filantropske ambicije, priča se iz Londona i New Yorka premješta u zapadnu Afriku gdje ona gradi školu za djevojčice. Tamo turisti dolaze razgledavati nekadašnja skupljališta robova, a tamošnji stanovnici riskiraju život kako bi odande pobjegli u „bolji“ život.