Life Beyond Master Potter
M.Venkatesh, partner at Eureka, the first children's bookstore in New Delhi, writes here about the children's book business, touching -- inevitably -- on the Harry Potter spillover.
Meanwhile, the Imphal Free Press brings us news of V.S. Naipaul's views on J.K. Rowling:
"Her success has also attracted the outraged of literary purists like Sir Vidya S Naipaul, who snobbishly and sarcastically dismissed her literary forays saying: he always used to believe literature was about attempting to understand human nature and not about the ways of little green goblins."
Meanwhile, the Imphal Free Press brings us news of V.S. Naipaul's views on J.K. Rowling:
"Her success has also attracted the outraged of literary purists like Sir Vidya S Naipaul, who snobbishly and sarcastically dismissed her literary forays saying: he always used to believe literature was about attempting to understand human nature and not about the ways of little green goblins."
posted by PrufrockTwo at
27.5.05
2 Comments:
oh please, Mr Naipaul.
I can only assume Tolkien was a no-good fairy tale scribbler then...
By
Anonymous, at 9:08 PM
Ya right...like Mr Naipaul is any more human than a green goblin himself.
By
Jabberwock, at 11:14 AM
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