Beautiful & Smart

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Danas predstavljam jednu posebnu ženu:

 

 

 

 

Njeno ime je Zadie Smith. I ne, ona nije model, iako je tako predivna da bi bez problema mogla biti. Ona je uspješna britanska spisateljica, koja je na književnom nebu zasjala 2000. godine, debitantskim romanom "Bijeli zubi". Tada je imala samo 25 godina, ali svojim prvijencem postala je prava književna senzacija. Iako kaskam za književnom senzacijom i otkrivam Zadie "samo" 14 godina poslije, njezin roman me u potpunosti oduševio. Napisan iznimno zrelo, nepretenciozno, s dozom suptilnog humora, ona progovara o tri generacije dviju obitelji, jedne bangladeškog, druge jamačanskog porijekla. S obzirom da je i sama jamajčanskog porijekla ( po majci), Smith je upravo savršeno secirala živote i sudbine imigranata, raskrinkala predrasude bijelih Engleza, ali i onih ne baš tako bijelih, te na fin način s puno ironije ismijala svaki oblik ekstremizma. Dakle, ukoliko još niste čitali "Bijele zube" Zadie Smith, svakako bi vam se trebala naći na popisu obavezne lektire. Ova sjajna žena je pravi dokaz da "lijepa i pametna" nije puki mit...

 

Pusa, Ilina

 

P.S. kad bi barem meni, oj crni živote, ovako diiiiivno stajao turban...

 

 

Her name is Zadie Smith. And no, she is not a model, although she is so beautiful that she could easily be one. She is a successful British writer, who appeard on the literary sky with her debut novel "White Teeth" in year 2000. She was only 25 years old at the time, but her debut has become a genuine literary sensation. Although being sooooo behind a literary sensation and discover Zadie "only" 14 years later, I found her novel completely thrilled. Written extremely mature, unpretentious, and with a touch of subtle humor, she writes about three generations of two families, one Bangladeshi, other of Jamaican origin. Given the fact that she is of Jamaican descent (her mother), Smith just perfectly dissected the lives and destinies of immigrants, expose the prejudices of white Englishmen, but also of those not so white, and in a nice way with a lot of irony laughs at every form of extremism. So, if you have not yet read Zadie Smith, you should certainly find the time. This great woman is a real proof that "beautiful and smart" is not just a myth...

 

Kiss, Ilina

 

 

 

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