Posted by Kevin Donovan on May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
What was it about Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that inspired the folks at Quirk Publishing to think, “This would be so much better with zombies?” Given that the mash-up spawned imitators and graphic novels and prequels and sequels, it obviously struck a public nerve. I think it is because the Quirk folks hit on the same idea as … Continue reading →
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Posted by Kevin Donovan on November 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A great concept gets slipped into If on a winter’s night a traveler at about halfway through: It is the classic dilemma of the author who is compelled somehow not to finish the story. This is different than ending fatigue, wherein a story is ending but has many, many ending sequences that drag long after … Continue reading →
Filed under 1970s Literature, If on a winter's night a traveler · Tagged with Ending fatigue, Franchise zombie, John Updike, Ken Follett, Leo Tolstoy, Michael Chabon, Pillars of the Earth, Rabbit Angstrom, Scheherazade, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen King, The Lord of the Rings, The Stand, War and Peace, Wonder Boys
Posted by Kevin Donovan on October 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. This is a blog about books, about reading them and understanding the writers who write them. I remember a line that Stephen King (who makes it into this blog’s canon by a whisker) wrote … Continue reading →
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