Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Just read


Just finished reading 'On Beauty' by Zadie Smith. It is easily my favorite of her three books. It tells the story of two, often warring, families in a preppy New England college town. One thing I love about the writing style, is the way the book is often written between important events (i.e. an affair) which serves to focus your attention on people's reactions to the situation more (while you try and work out what has happened). I was slightly disappointed at the end, although I'm still not sure whether this is because of the ending, or simply because the story had finished.

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