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November 05, 2005
The Autograph Man
A: Zadie Smith
ISBN: 037550186X
2002
The story of Alex Li Tandem and his struggle to survive friendships, family, life and love. Some say he has an obsession with Kitty Alexandra...other refer to him as an avid collector who never made it big.
I actuall liked him as a character because like everyone else he is boring and rude and selfish. There is nothng special about him, he just lives life as he sees fit. He has no desires or passion except for the pursuit of Kitty's autograph.
He reminds me of everyone else's mundane life. We get up do our thing and go to work and come home and if we re exceptionally social we drink, get drunk and go home to our tiny flats and go to bed. Next day we repeat the same thing.
If you don't have a plan for your life journey, don't relish marrying and having 3.5 children. You don't have a need to believe in anything or an omnitipent body. then there's nothing really disappointing with this portrail. In fact it's rather bloomin refreshing to not have superman or Americans save the day. It's great not reading about how she loves him and if she could get her man it would all be ok. NO life is boring and dull. We sometimes can't make up our minds and someimes we just can't be bothered to interact with others the way they feel you have to.
I did find it odd to read about his childhood in short and then suddenly be thrust into NOW - I sometimes wondered about the point... Was it the morality of life, the place of religion in modern life, family and friends conquer all?
I could go on, believe in yourself, don't mind everyone else they can take care of themselves. OR we must all conform and eventually we do!
It was incredibly difficult to get into the book. I didn't find myself reading from cover to cover. Indeed, it took a couple of months just trying to get into the character. Much was dedicated to his everyday thoughts and doings, not very inticing overall. I found some of the other characters much more interesting.
Fave character: Kitty Alexandra
Posted by connie at November 5, 2005 02:39 PM
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