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A review by nicktomjoe
Lady Muck by William Mayne, Jonathan Heale
1.0
And, to some extent, caught. The language and Jonathan Heale's illustrations make for a wonderful example of language play and evocation of a rural past. On the face of it, a wonderful book.
However, I recall how Helen Macdonald lays bare the anguish in T H White's depiction of the aged peregrine with the young Wart (magically transformed into a hawk) when the ageing Cully feverishly begs not to be allowed to attack the boy. Immensely problematic as this is, I catch a hint of it as Sowk, desperate for a truffle, speaks to "the truffle baby" in a not dissimilar way of depicting temptation not avoided: ' "Let me just snuffly you," she whisper-whispery to him, as has him up her snouty and a kissing him before he can say helpy.' Problematic doesn't come into it, if we know William Mayne's biography,.
This is a wonderful children's book about generosity and temptation and the gloriously desire-laden life of the two main piggy characters. But.
However, I recall how Helen Macdonald lays bare the anguish in T H White's depiction of the aged peregrine with the young Wart (magically transformed into a hawk) when the ageing Cully feverishly begs not to be allowed to attack the boy. Immensely problematic as this is, I catch a hint of it as Sowk, desperate for a truffle, speaks to "the truffle baby" in a not dissimilar way of depicting temptation not avoided: ' "Let me just snuffly you," she whisper-whispery to him, as has him up her snouty and a kissing him before he can say helpy.' Problematic doesn't come into it, if we know William Mayne's biography,.
This is a wonderful children's book about generosity and temptation and the gloriously desire-laden life of the two main piggy characters. But.