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For me, [deep structures] might be something very simply to do with the split in my family. That's why I'm always thinking about opposites. It's so childish, really, but that might be simply what it is.
Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
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Zadie Adeline Smith
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