![]() ![]() ![]() Zadie Smith, Grand Unionįorster is one of Smith’s acknowledged influences, and it would be possible to do a very direct comparison by looking at what Smith does in one of her novels, On Beauty, which unfurls the material of Howard’s End and then turns it into something entirely new, a palatial, satisfying domestic/political comedy that takes on race and gender as well as class. ![]() Forster, both wonderful in their language and especially sharp and meticulous in their character portraits. In this post, I thought I’d share a pair of people-watching paragraphs from a couple of beloved writers, Zadie Smith and E.M. At this moment in history, many writers/readers, even the deep introverts among us, find ourselves wistful for people we know and don’t know, for crowds, festivals, the family on the next picnic blanket at the beach, literary festivals thick with subtext, game nights, dating, and family dinners, no matter how fraught. ![]()
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