In Britain an eager admiration of her was shared by editor Karl Miller
and historian Eric Hobsbawm
.
Miller, Karl. “Eric Hobsbawm”. London Review of Books, Vol.
34
, No. 20, p. 12.
Reviews throughout her career have been mostly appreciative, even celebratory. Christian Lorentzen
struck an unwonted splenetic note...
Literary responses
Zadie Smith
On the basis of this novel, The Times hailed ZS
as canonical, one of a handful of contemporary novelists who really matter and who, we may confidently assume, will last.