![]() ![]() ![]() Smith’s novel contains a lot of political commentary, satire about systems (such as the post office systems of checking passport applications), as well as more pointed political commentary about neo-liberal democracies, gender inequalities, exercise of power, etc. It was like the notion of being appalled had opened its mouth and swallowed her whole. For example, when Elisabeth, as a young child, first hears her mother telling Daniel about what Elisabeth had written about him:Įlisabeth was appalled. ![]() But this is really not the gist of the novel – the novel is all about the writing, and the writing is all about a particularly kind of consciousness and word play. Yes, I can tell you the protagonist is Elisabeth Demand, an art history lecturer, who lives with her mother and is close friends with her mother’s 101 year old neighbour, Daniel Gluck, whom she knew as a child. This is not going to be a plot-informed review, because this novel is not really about the plotline. ![]()
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