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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:55:22 -0600
Yesterday Kathy Isaacs observed that the ending is perfect.
I agree.
I don't have 'How I Live Now" in hand from which to quote, but as I recall the angel in the garden becomes symbolically important near the very end. I remember thinking as I read that portion of this stunning novel that Meg Rosoff had absolutely Done It All.
Return to the opening sections of the book, and you'll discover the angel. She's part of the scenery, the backdrop.
And there she is - near the end - featured at the exact instant this very element was necessary. In a lesser work of speculative fiction - or any kind of fiction for that matter - such a detail probably wouldn't matter. In "How I Live Now" every detail matters.
Or is the angel more than a detail? Is she part of Rosoff's skillful foreshadowing?
Peace, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Wed 23 Feb 2005 09:55:22 AM CST
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:55:22 -0600
Yesterday Kathy Isaacs observed that the ending is perfect.
I agree.
I don't have 'How I Live Now" in hand from which to quote, but as I recall the angel in the garden becomes symbolically important near the very end. I remember thinking as I read that portion of this stunning novel that Meg Rosoff had absolutely Done It All.
Return to the opening sections of the book, and you'll discover the angel. She's part of the scenery, the backdrop.
And there she is - near the end - featured at the exact instant this very element was necessary. In a lesser work of speculative fiction - or any kind of fiction for that matter - such a detail probably wouldn't matter. In "How I Live Now" every detail matters.
Or is the angel more than a detail? Is she part of Rosoff's skillful foreshadowing?
Peace, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Wed 23 Feb 2005 09:55:22 AM CST
