[ebooktalk] Re: FW: 2013 Man Booker Prize winner announced
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:47:44 +0100
Clare,
It's one of the things I find difficult about it, I must admit. When asked
about that aspect of the book on "Woman's Hour" Eleanor Catton said that in
a gold mining community at that time there would have been very few women,
which is, I suppose, a fair point. Thepredominance of male characters put me
off "Lord Of The Rings" as well. Sorry, I know that is sacrelidge to at
least two members of this list.
Trish.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clare Gailans" <cgailans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FW: 2013 Man Booker Prize winner announced
She's so young, our daughter's age! I'm slightly put off by what you say,
Trish, about all the characters being male, though I don't suppose I
should be. I think I'd get on better with that in audio than in braille.
Of course, now I think about it this is stupid, as there was only the
occasional tiny appearance of a female character in Alive, my favourite
book this year and possibly ever. Clare
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