![]() ![]() The narration floats around the action and characters, to the extent that at points we’re given access to Sherlock Holmes’ own thoughts and feelings – and that has the odd effect of making him a somewhat more real, but much smaller character. This decision unbalances the book right from the start. ![]() ![]() Hanna – clearly something of an expert on Holmes/Watson – opts for a third person narration for his ‘Sherlock Holmes vs. They are amongst the weakest.) The good Doctor is of course a reader substitute, there to have these wonderful deductions explained to him and make everything clear. (As proof of this, see those later stories which Conan-Doyle had Holmes narrate. Having Watson present, witnessing events and then capturing the quicksilver genius of Holmes in his sharp and unfussy prose, is of course massively important to the success of the tales. One of the most crucial elements in the original Sherlock Holmes stories is the narration. ![]()
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![]() Scholars have learned to recognize which parts have remained static and why, and which have adapted to the times. Even then, there are other versions of the same narrative that show different lines of oral transmission. ![]() ![]() Only when an oral text is finally committed to writing is it possible to discern the length of its transmission and the various historical eras it may represent. And in both cases, one of the problems concerns exegesis in other words, how to interpret or attribute meaning to oral texts that are literally “moving” through time and making themselves relevant to the different social, political, and religious eras they pass through. In both cases, the idea of orality and how to deal with it is an issue that demands attention. ![]() Arguably, the problems of studying modern Zoroastrianism are not dissimilar to those associated with the study of Zoroastrianism in the ancient world. ![]() ![]() Hark! A Vagrant features sexy Batman, the true stories behind classic Nancy Drew covers, and Queen Elizabeth doing the albatross. Anthony is, of course, a "Samantha," and that the polite banality of Canadian culture never gets old. ![]() She deftly points out what really happened when Brahms fell asleep listening to Liszt, that the world's first hipsters were obviously the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses from eighteenth-century France, that Susan B. No era or tome emerges unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western world's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction. ![]() Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics sensation Kate Beaton. Featured on more than twenty best-of lists, including Time, Amazon, E!, and Publishers Weekly! ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s no point where a reader worries that Meddy - or any of the Chans, really - could possibly face repercussions for any of the wild things that happen in this book. Some of it, though, is that the overall zaniness of the sequel veers from a dark comedy into no-stakes insanity. An accidental murder, with overbearing, well-meaning aunties doing their nosy best to help? Just genius. Some of it’s just the lightning-in-a-bottle perfection of the first one. Look, it’s not as good as Dial A For Aunties. So they meet with a weirdly symmetrical Indo family who also do weddings, also have misspelled names and punny ads, and, as it turns out, also have a dark secret, and one implausible lie leads to another until chaos ensues at the gorgeous British wedding. When Four Aunties and A Wedding opens, Meddy and Nathan are planning their destination wedding in the UK, but although the aunties do weddings themselves, they want to be guests and not wedding vendors. My review is here, but the short summary is that you should go read it and laugh hysterically. ![]() ![]() I can’t imagine this would make any sense without reading Dial A For Aunties. Jesse Q Sutanto’s newest book, Four Aunties and a Wedding, is the sequel to dark comedy Dial A For Aunties. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet the matrix of identity within which individuals and groups are caught is such that safety and security continue to remain a far-fetched dream for so many. Navigating a range of spatial logic, the book is about Samra Habib, a Pakistani-Canadian photographer, and her experience as a queer-identified Muslim woman who spent years in search of something as basic as “safety”, which by the virtue of being a human is the bare minimum one can expect of: from one’s country, society and community. ![]() A memoir that traces the journey of a queer Muslim, the book oscillates between the subject of the identity-web and freedom of self-expression. We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib, published by Penguin Random House, Canada in 2019, is the gateway to understanding the question of visibility. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() " This book will be your next obsession. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: STAY AWAY FROM THE HAZEL WOOD. Her mother is stolen, by a figure who claims to come from the cruel supernatural world from her grandmother's stories. But when Alice's grandmother, the reclusive author of a book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate - the Hazel Wood - Alice learns how bad her luck can really get. Jennifer Niven, author of All The Bright Places - Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at their heels. ![]() Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years". I had every light burning and the covers pulled tight around me as I fell completely into the dark and beautiful world within its pages. ![]() _ One of The Observer's Best Children's Books of 2018! Fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and The Children of Blood and Bone have been getting lost in The Hazel Wood. ![]() ![]() But everything he has worked for depends upon seeing her gone. Unfortunately, fair means don’t work on Serena, and as he comes to know her, he discovers that he can’t bear to use foul ones. When his employer orders him to get rid of the pestering governess by fair means or foul, it’s just another day at the office. Hugo Marshall is a man of ruthless ambition-a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner’s son to the right hand man of a duke. But she can’t stop trying-not with her entire future at stake. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke’s dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn’t stand a chance. ![]() It’s his merciless man of business-the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. ![]() Unable to find new work, she’s demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. ![]() Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. The start of a new series from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan… ![]() ![]() The only problem is, she believes she’s in love with someone else.Įllie never imagined that one sultry summer could change everything. She’s quirky, opinionated, blushes easily, and drives him absolutely wild. His past has left him too jaded to consider marrying any of them. The only problem is, her path keeps crossing with the arrogant Lord Hullworth, who is convinced she has designs on him.īrandon, Marquess of Hullworth, never wanted to be “London’s Most Elusive Bachelor,” or have a horde of hopeful debutantes and their scheming mamas follow him around. But Ellie knows if she gives him one last Season, he’ll finally propose. That’s the trouble with waiting for the marquess next door her entire life. ![]() ![]() ![]() USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret continues the Mating Habits of Scoundrels series with a debutante who believes she is destined to marry the lord next door until a fateful encounter with a rogue makes her wonder… if she might be falling for the wrong marquess!Įlodie Parrish can feel spinsterhood breathing down her neck. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jo Hunter & John Loughton: Power to the People When Jo Hunter established 64 Million Artists, an organisation that aims to encourage everybody in the UK to discover their creativity, little did she know that in 2020 she would have to dramatically change the way they reached people. ![]() So inspired, in fact, that they turned to a loveable rogues gallery of Sc…ĭaisy Lafarge & Evie Wyld: Strong Female Lead Evie Wyld won the Stella Prize – Australia’s version of the Women’s Prize – for her modern gothic novel The Bass Rock earlier this year, a tale of how violence and power has been wielded against women across centuries and in different guises to is… Val McDermid & Jo Sharp: Shaping a Better Future At last year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, bestselling author Val McDermid and professor of geography Jo Sharp were inspired by the festival theme, We Need New Stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It has been a mostly impressive season so far for the Crows though. ![]() Darcy Fogarty started the season in imposing form, kicking 13 goals in the opening four matches, but has kicked just three in his five matches since. ![]() It was a brutal loss to the Western Bulldogs in Ballarat in round 10 and should’ve been bigger if not for the Dogs’ inaccuracy. They’ve had a couple of lapses and let a win go begging against the Pies due to inaccuracy and they could’ve been closer against Richmond in round two if not for their return of 10.16. Izak Rankine has been fantastic since arriving at the club in last year’s trade period and has combined with Josh Rachele to help create one of the most imposing forward lines in the competition. Taylor Walker is ageing like a fine wine, while Rory Sloane is playing a good role since returning from his ACL injury. There were some raised eyebrows when Jordan Dawson was appointed captain after just one year at the club, but he has flourished with the responsibility. While they went 0-2 to start the season, the Crows’ thumping Showdown win in round three was the start of some brilliant football, including wins over St Kilda and Brisbane as well as a one-point loss to Collingwood that should’ve been a win based on expected score. The Crows’ game plan is electrifying and taking the competition by storm, making them one of the best sides in the competition to watch, particularly at Adelaide Oval. ![]() |