BOOK REVIEW: NW (2012) by Zadie SmithA couple of chapters into NW, I had a revelation. “Mrs Da
BOOK REVIEW: NW (2012) by Zadie SmithA couple of chapters into NW, I had a revelation. “Mrs Dalloway! If On Beauty was a modern take on Howards End, then this must be Zadie Smith’s spin on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway! I’ve got the ‘hook’ for my review!” One quick Google search later, I sank back into my seat. Turns out the rest of the world had had that same idea when the book first came out in 2012, and that Smith had actually discussed Woolf as a direct influence on her book:I was just trying to find a way to be adventurous and do something new in the writing while still holding on to the things that I can do well, […] So [Virginia Woolf is] just a good example of a forward-thinking and yet consistently humane writer, and just a great female modernist. An old inspiration returned to me at the right moment.Well. So much for my spark of brilliance.…Anyway.Major plot spoiler towards the end of the review.Read More -- source link
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