Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Monday, October 01, 2012
Has Rowling Abandoned Her Roots?
OPINION - Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
The Daily Beast
Harry Potter authoress J.K. Rowling’s foray into adult fiction has left some in the village of Tutshill, England, wondering what the creator of Muggles and wizards was really thinking about them all along. The petty, snobbish, hypocritical characters carry out their story in a world that—barren of dragons and wand-wielders—looks a little too much like home for some residents of Rawling’s hometown. “The middle class is so funny,” Rowling recently said in an interview. “It’s the class I know best and it’s the class where you find the most pretension.” The magic she may be missing, however, is laughter.
OPINION - Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
1 comment:
Halfway into Casual Vacancy I wonder whether it would have been published if someone other than JKR had written it.
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