It takes me a while. But after many attempts, who were lost in fog, perhaps I now know how to reach it.
Let’s keep it simple for the beginning: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel There is a great book, which has been obtained in the last few years. In the era of Napoleon, two wizards appear in England, with some other people between the flock of runners behind their back behind the mist. If you like interesting magical world, then characters, many small details and lots of knowledge, you will feel right at home. You can go and enjoy it now, and leave me with my strange little thoughts.
You see, I found the most interesting about it No Like these things – or in general fictional stories – and still I enjoyed the story deeply. Not only this, but it survived many recurrence in different languages, even once I had an additional set of raids on the story by reading the post -author work.
So, what does it give? Should I prepare a recommendation for people with a similar nature-how can it make this fictional book for wood, academic, almost noril-like-nore-like-and non-fantasy fans? Excuse the groan-rage punishment, but what is really magic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel,
Why is there no more magic in England?
Definitely not the title. Published in 2004 for the first time, I faced this book for the first time after a few years of its publication, when I still read translations instead of origin-in 2009, to be specific, to be specific, according to my mother’s words inside my mother’s copy. While I could fill many columns about issues with translated tasks, especially where the title changes were concerned, lifting the primary antagonist and the major mythological figure – Reven King – still seems like a positive change for me in the title.
I think you can say that I am looking for extraordinary events and other ideas in the imagination of my style, not a literal other world – especially when it is inhabited by regular people doing regular things regularly. All, often, stories of science-fi and fantasy depict an attractive background to tell another otherwise a worldly story, in the name of discussing all human conditions, hurt me on the way for the opportunity remembered. No, rare science-fi books that tell me-think Blindite Or Snow accident– All ways with their external approach, and if the author takes time to create a wide world with innumerable rules, they are only for immediate breakdown.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel Really doesn’t do this, though. There is some lovecraftian lying between its lines, something that is stuck with me ever since I first read it. While our two mug war, their social status, a bookish disposal worrying, jealousy, marriage, and more, they expose the old magic and flicker of the Ferry Kingdom with disastrous consequences for themselves and others.
So I hope you can see why I disagree with those who call it a “alternative history” novel. It goes far beyond that.
Which came before us (and then adaptation)
While Raven King, or John Uskglass, is immersed in mystery, we have to learn a lot about the magic of Old England and other states above. We can mainly thank the surprising number of footnotes for this: about 200 of them are scattered in the story, almost all of them are serving as the best knowledge dump. I found this a great way to connect this reputation in background stories and a good way to get it out of the plot, and it is especially fun when footnotes overtake almost the entire page at the expense of regular text.
I will leave the plot details rare here to avoid the spiiler, but I would like to mention my two title characters. Norel first set the plot into speed, a recurrent book worm with ideals that become easily corrupted, is easily ill in the social and political web of London. Mr. Strange is true for his name, but his honesty loves him very much, even a negligence that duly pays by the last chapters.
His supportive artist is also strong, often plays directly in trops, but so firmly, well felt because they play their role in a complex story.
They are active, dynamic characters, even the recurrence of Mr. Noril, trying to create and control the events around them – and are often less. Perhaps my happiness knows what the reader knows and knows about the characters, the shortness and futility of their actions and my pleasure about the irrelevance of their many social goals reduces the stress between themselves, which they try to move forward on the story, dig up a similar hole for themselves and England.
Finally, I think this is where I found what I was looking at. The stress of knowing more from your characters, even on reading first, and watching them still makes energetic efforts to achieve your goal. This dynamic is carried forward that surrounds them – so my praise for imagination setting.
Even the TV adaptation of the book is worth a positive mention. The 2015 BBC minisariies do a great job of capturing the mood and atmosphere, and have seen it many years after reading the original book, I felt as many excisements understood, with a little end exception. It was a shame to lose so much of scholars’ learning, but tone and coalition felt it very much, as I missed the book, which is more than the most adaptation.
Writer, Suzana Clarke started working Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel In 1992, before I was also born. I could not return how it could take so much time to write – this day, I am more surprised by the fact that it did not take even more time. His struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome removed the ideas of any sequel in the future, but we got it Pirnesi In 2020, a chamber was focused on a parallel universe and stuck inside. It received reviews, and I enjoyed it myself, but the stress of dramatic irony was not as strong for me as it was in a raven -filled adventure. Nevertheless, it is a fully recommended recommendation. His only other output, Wood in midwinterApparently is also excellent, but a novel-shaped story disguised as a novel, so a cavet effect on it.
While I am not sure I am close to preparing an important answer to my original question – why Ilike Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel– I hope it acts as a discovery of why it is GoodMagic has returned as a rare exception to many literary rules, and also in my bookshell.
