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Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2008-03-19 20:28:00 Susanna Clarke spent over a decade writing her debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. She could have spent twice as long and not a moment of her time would have been wasted, nor could she have achieved anything more splendid and unique. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a fantastic novel, and one of ...
More Top Fives: Short Stories
2007-12-30 14:42:00 I’m back in London. I spent most of yesterday driving, we took the opportunity to call in with some friends on the way back and we were not helped by proper Welsh rain. Now I’m quite enjoying flumping on my own sofa and not doing anything. Ergo there are no hilarious hijinks to report. I’d better ...
Susanna Clarke PT 2
2007-09-26 00:58:00 I’m back in the house now after quite an unsuccessful attempt to liveblog; it did turn out in the end that the event was a phone no go zone which I was, truth be told, expecting. I think I knew it was going to be an interesting evening when I, smelling of wet velvet courtesy of ...
Susanna Clarke
2007-09-25 18:48:00 Ok. At the theatre a bit early. Handset playing up so bear with me. Tickets just going out. ******** No phones allowed so this is it until i get in. Sorry. Really must go-being glared at. ******** Well i?m out now. Still in central london. The evening was not without mishap: a fire alarm nearly ended the whle thing. ...
The green green grass of home
2007-09-22 02:29:00 I’m home. Not my home London, my home Wales. Well my parent’s home in Wales. It’s still home to me and periodically I must return, vampire like, to my lair to recharge the Taffro. It’s late…this entry may not make sense. After the debacle of the last few days it’s a bloody relief to be in a ...
Susanna Clarke's Charming Book of Stories
2007-08-19 17:31:00 Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Bloomsbury, 2004) was such a stunning debut novel, I couldn't imagine how she could possibly top this 800-page wonder about a magical, alternative 19th century England.read more
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