>>why do i say what i say about roy? i have to first off admit that some
>>of my motivation is just irritation -- i dislike her style of prose
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> All a matter of taste. I rather liked the text myself. Roy is very, very
> conscious about resisting the barrage of cliches about Third World
> immigrants reinventing their happy selves via First World consumerism.
>
what does this mean? are you comparing roy to someone like jhumpa lehiri?
--ravi