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Comment on Yann Martel Interview by Orky

Orky — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:08 +0000

Comment on Unfinished Business by kate

kate — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:59:56 +0000

Thank you for your work . I have a particular fondness for “Child’s Garden of Verses” and, hence, of Stevenson himself. I found you by following a link Lew Jaffe left on his ex libris newsletter. I’ve enjoyed reading your account.

Comment on Booked for Life by Dr Richard Marquis-Hirsch

Dr Richard Marquis-Hirsch — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:42:00 +0000

Comment on Booked for Life by Dr Richard Marquis-Hirsch

Dr Richard Marquis-Hirsch — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:40:05 +0000

I was friends with John Sibbald in Cambridge in about 1970. I remember escaping thru a ditch o cold water from the old Matthews site when it was being rebuilt as Trinity’s new Blue Boar Court. The young do crazy things, don’t they?

Comment on Sleeping Jelly Fish by Tricia MacNeil

Tricia MacNeil — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:21:10 +0000

Hi Catherine,just read your poem and thoroughly enjoyed it. I live in Uidh in Vatersay and would love to hear more about you and who the five sisters are.

Comment on Not Even From Lewis, Mate by British Museum: Lewis Chess Pieces | World Game

British Museum: Lewis Chess Pieces | World Game — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:25:14 +0000

[...] perhaps, not chess pieces after [...]

Comment on Silently For Me by R Chakraborti

R Chakraborti — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:26:08 +0000

Comment on Yann Martel Interview by Indigo Venice

Indigo Venice — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:24:33 +0000

I love this book and have read it a few times.
I saw the movie which had some lovely parts (especially the scenes with the tiger, the boy and the infinite Universe) Yet the film cannot capture all the subtleties contained in the text.
For instance, one such subtlety astounded when I happened upon a book called “The Custom of the Sea” which relates the true story of a shipwreck in 1884. Imagine my amazement when I saw a photo of the gravestone of Richard Parker!
I love that Martel choose to invert the wretched story of a cabin boy by transforming him into a Royal Bengal Tiger!
It is a subtle and loving gesture - the way he told his story and has greatly deepened my appreciation of this book.

Comment on Yann Martel Interview by What is a Story? « Mike DiMartino

What is a Story? « Mike DiMartino — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:19:04 +0000

[...] author’s (and filmmaker’s) worldview: “Life is a story. You can choose your story. A story with God is the better story.” From an interview with Yann [...]

Comment on Yann Martel Interview by Sandy Hawk

Sandy Hawk — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:29:03 +0000

Tiger is so beautifully following his insticts(ie Nature\’s roadmap) it hurts for emotional beings; but it hints that there may be a better plan (mysterious loving plan) that we can trust. Hope, hope, hope………….