Saturday, April 07, 2007

Yep.

I found this the other day. It's a FAQ about the book put together by Susanna Clarke some time ago.

As far as who the author/narrator of this history of Strange Norrell is, well, it's apparently her.

Huh.

3 Comments:

Blogger Joel said...

Another intersting note she addresses in this Q&A is The Gentleman's desire to make Stephen Black a King of Faerie. You can find it in reply to the question, Q: I'm curious to know if the gentleman with the thistle-down hair is, in fact, the Raven King?

Anyhow, she makes note that there are at least 5 Kingdoms in Faerie; The Gentleman rules one, The Raven King rules another, and Untold-Blessings & Pity Me are two others. So it sounds like The Gentleman wants to make Stephen Black another King, in addition to and not replacing, The Raven King.

1:51 PM  
Blogger kate said...

for some reason in my head, susanna clark as the narrator of these footnotes really takes away from their impact on the story. i mean obviously she literally writes them, but her writing them from someone else's imaginary point of view would have been ten thousand and one times cooler in my book...

1:17 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

i like how she says it could be somelike her writing in the 1820s, which can give hope to Kate's worry. i like that she is the proclaimed narrator; she makes herself another persona, which i think could totally still be that female witch.

10:43 AM  

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