tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post8873934336774727221..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: If you've got an hour, this could cheer you upDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-71100773083936046192009-02-25T10:26:00.000+00:002009-02-25T10:26:00.000+00:00Really enjoyed this, David, thanks. You might be i...Really enjoyed this, David, thanks. You might be interested in what Judith Butler has to say about identity - namely, that it is all a series of performed gestures based around what we constitute to be genuine; when, actually, there's no such thing. We are all composites of multiple identities, and that's fine.Lucas Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307807104038473162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54744105791079642152009-02-17T23:31:00.000+00:002009-02-17T23:31:00.000+00:00Thanks for the heads up on this -it was fabulous. ...Thanks for the heads up on this -it was fabulous. I actually cried in parts -though not sure if I could say why. Something about the change she was describing. I hope she's right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299148527281059924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-2884987120329753662009-02-16T14:01:00.000+00:002009-02-16T14:01:00.000+00:00I read and enjoyed The Autograph Man. I actually ...I read and enjoyed The Autograph Man. I actually preferred it to White Teeth.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, very much enjoyed the lecture. Thanks for the pointer.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26376927743413786982009-02-16T00:41:00.000+00:002009-02-16T00:41:00.000+00:00'On Beauty' is her best*, 'White Teeth' is great b...'On Beauty' is her best*, 'White Teeth' is great but falls apart at the end and I don't know anyone who's read 'The Autograph Man'<BR/><BR/>*Though the fictional setting is so obviously Harvard and Cambridge, MA I don't know why she bothered disguising it.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-24152345204905522772009-02-15T22:20:00.000+00:002009-02-15T22:20:00.000+00:00I love Zadie Smith. She is brilliant and brilliant...I love Zadie Smith. She is brilliant and brilliantly funny. I started with White Teeth but my heart lies with On Beauty--remarkable. Enjoy!colleencurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178295652153444348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-56990651060523413932009-02-15T21:04:00.000+00:002009-02-15T21:04:00.000+00:00I don't want certainty from my Politicians or the ...I don't want certainty from my Politicians or the bankers either. I want people to say we don't know. I think Obama just said we don't know what will work but we do know if we wait it will get worse.<BR/><BR/>It's a start. I shall listen to podcast as you have encouraged me/us to do :)Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10774283705549489052009-02-15T14:37:00.000+00:002009-02-15T14:37:00.000+00:00I didn't think she sounded bored, or was at all bo...I didn't think she sounded bored, or was at all boring. In fact our dog benefited from an extra long walk just so I could get to the end of it (having already listened to the Word Podcast).<BR/><BR/>I've never read any of her fiction, but if it's half as well written as that I'm it's certainly going in the next Amazon order. I thought I'd start with White Teeth. Anyone read any of her other books?Graham Ardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00979231435522353662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-17510784466821779042009-02-15T13:24:00.000+00:002009-02-15T13:24:00.000+00:00Fascinating - but if she had to make a living as a...Fascinating - but if she had to make a living as a speaker, she'd be in trouble (as she essentially confesses at the beginning). Not so much speaking as reading, she sounds bored, which in turn makes her almost boring. It's odd how often Cambridge does this to people, scratching diamonds.Andre Carlos Raposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505003184440024971noreply@blogger.com