The Opposite House By Helen Oyeyemi, Nan A. Talese, Hardcover, 288 pages, $23.95.
Sometimes I wear a comandante Marcos tee shirt. He's not down with Globalism.
So naturally, when a book, any kind of book, circles around the topics of cultural assimilation, cultural hybridization, or cultural displacement, I am tempted to read it as some kind of indictment. This book review could easily become a rant about, say, capitalism or colonialism or, like, the IMF.
Who defines "normal"? Is it evil to have McDonald's in Rio de Janeiro? And of course, Why invade Iraq? ...