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Name: Embassy Of Cambodia
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith follows Fatou, a young woman working as a domestic servant for the Derawals, as she moves from one set of hardships to another. The narrative opens and closes outside the Embassy of Cambodia, located in Willesden, NW London, illustrating how ordinary moments can raise larger, more extraordinary questions.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories

Authors: Zadie Smith

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