[lbo-talk] Maximise or satisfice?

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Thu Sep 30 19:46:28 PDT 2004


Dennis Redmond wrote:


>>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
>
>
> 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



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