When I was 21 I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me,…

Zadie Smith
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When I was 21 I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for The Simpsons who'd briefly joined a religious cult and then discovered Foucault. Such is life. ✨ This is how it feels to me by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.
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When I was 21 I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for The Simpsons who'd briefly joined a religious cult and then discovered Foucault. Such is life. ✨ This is how it feels to me by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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