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Oct 21, 2008 11:25

Not much to say today. Here's a great review of 'On Beauty' by Zadie Smith, which is a deeply unsatisfying and thought-provoking (and yet immensely readable) novel. Amanda talks about a lot of issues that I'd noticed but hadn't really addressed through a feminist lens. The key, I think, is that there is no protagonist; every female character ( Read more... )

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agent_grey October 27 2008, 20:51:45 UTC
Definiately liked "White Teeth" better, but I thought "On Beauty" was aaight.

Still probably can't appreciate it properly without having read Howard's End.

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