The Opposite of Strong isn't Weak
When it comes to reading, the best readers are not strong but humble.
Zadie Smith translates the “Wife of Bath” from The Canterbury Tales for the modern stage with a Jamaica-born British protagonist: in The Wife of Willesden, 14th c. Alyson becomes 21st c. Alvita. When I saw the description, I immediately ordered the play . Reading the original tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, Smith writes that she fell in love with the characte…
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