Мэгги Мэй в новом свете

Wile reading «The Undomestic Goddess» by Sophie Kinsella I found that it was much important to read «Watching the English» by Kate Fox before.

I would never imagine how many cultural codes hidden in a simple text of «chik-lit» could be. Would I understand how ridiculous Trish in her pink yoga sportswear is? Not for sure. May be I would catch the irony but not as deep as actually it is. Even the name «Trish» – exactly the same Kate Fox says to be social marker.

There are more other points which are described both in anthropologist`s book and girls-novel (same things but with different words) such as the money issue (avoid speaking about money as long as it`s possible) or social hierarchy.

Anyway the Kinsella`s book is pretty much fun and it`s easy-reading for me without dictionary. May be I won’t read it in Russian (my own language) because it`s a bit too easy, but for learning English it`s much better than any clever book.