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 Cannonball  High in the Ozarks. 27 Dec 16 6.20pm |
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Richard Adams,author of Watership Down has passed away.
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 Cucking Funt  Clapham on the Back 27 Dec 16 6.23pm |
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Beautiful book. A good friend to animals. RIP.
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Kermit8  Hevon 27 Dec 16 6.30pm |
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Didn't go near a rabbit stew again after 1979. Nor a S & G album. RIP
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| Sportyteacher London 27 Dec 16 9.23pm |
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Genius writer and a great lesson for Dads post 50 yrs of age who have previously made up stories to their children on their walk in to school etc. So sad that it is only in his passing that a tragic ignorant mass will only NOW discover the magnificence of Adams' fictional timeless beauty.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 28 Dec 16 10.08am |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Beautiful book. A good friend to animals. RIP. I re-read it recently, as an adult, and its an utterly amazing work of fiction, a reworking of classical Greek Literature, to the theme of bunnies! Totally different from the film, its ability to capture an entire mythology of the rabbit species is phenomenal. And its not even his best novel (Plague Dogs). One of the most underated authors of a generation. Easily on a par with the best of the 20th century literature.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 28 Dec 16 10.10am |
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My heart has joined the thousand, for today Richard Adams stopped writing.
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| PALACE FOR EVER London 28 Dec 16 11.22am |
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I read Watership Down when was about 15, thought it was a great book.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 28 Dec 16 11.30am |
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Originally posted by PALACE FOR EVER
I read Watership Down when was about 15, thought it was a great book.
I think I was about that age and thought the same. I read it again at 42 and its an outstanding work of literature, that could sit alongside the Aeneid or maybe Anabasis and the Odyssey. Its that good, although I might be over excited at the chance to wax lyrical about one of my favourite novels.
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 28 Dec 16 12.31pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
I think I was about that age and thought the same. I read it again at 42 and its an outstanding work of literature, that could sit alongside the Aeneid or maybe Anabasis and the Odyssey. Its that good, although I might be over excited at the chance to wax lyrical about one of my favourite novels. I'm comforted by your love of the book, Jamie. It reads on so many levels and is, I think, quite underrated for how deep it is. Like you and PFE, I read it as a teenager but I read it again in my thirties and it was a revelation. It's up there with The Ginger Man and 1984 as the best novels I've ever read.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 28 Dec 16 12.33pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
I'm comforted by your love of the book, Jamie. It reads on so many levels and is, I think, quite underrated for how deep it is. Like you and PFE, I read it as a teenager but I read it again in my thirties and it was a revelation. It's up there with The Ginger Man and 1984 as the best novels I've ever read. Good choices, the Ginger Man and 1984 would be on my if you only read three books from the 20th century...
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