tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post8298962312959372398..comments2024-03-29T08:51:30.815-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Blessed are the Dead by Malla NunnBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-36690686355099229192012-08-12T17:47:48.589-06:002012-08-12T17:47:48.589-06:00John: Thanks for the comment. I shall be very inte...John: Thanks for the comment. I shall be very interested to read your review.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-89643056215474402432012-08-12T13:54:24.668-06:002012-08-12T13:54:24.668-06:00I received a review copy of this book from the pub...I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. Have yet to get to it, but I am now putting it in the pile as next to read. Thanks for the review.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-4620515764929759632012-08-11T15:31:22.839-06:002012-08-11T15:31:22.839-06:00Maxine: Thanks for the comment. If you are odd tha...Maxine: Thanks for the comment. If you are odd than I am odd with you! I might skim a review before reading a book but, until I have read the book, I really only want to know if the reviewer liked the book.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821565196350694911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-61225444433996057072012-08-11T09:48:35.552-06:002012-08-11T09:48:35.552-06:00I have read and enjoyed the first two books by thi...I have read and enjoyed the first two books by this talented author. I'm looking forward to reading this one, too, which I think is not quite out yet in the UK. I'll come back & read your review in detail after that (as I prefer to read reviews after I've read the book, probably rather odd of me!).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-26687362168658557582012-08-11T08:26:51.097-06:002012-08-11T08:26:51.097-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I appreciated she ...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I appreciated she let the social issues come out through the story.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821565196350694911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-71795340199133483492012-08-11T08:25:19.763-06:002012-08-11T08:25:19.763-06:00Sarah: Thanks for the comment. I do not believe yo...Sarah: Thanks for the comment. I do not believe you will be disappointed when you try her.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821565196350694911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-83230550632015150942012-08-11T06:57:56.762-06:002012-08-11T06:57:56.762-06:00Bill - Thanks for the fine review. I agree complet...Bill - Thanks for the fine review. I agree completely that Malla Nunn has an awful lot of talent and the ability to evoke a place and time effectively. She brings larger social issues down to the human level too, and I respect that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-8280157039388110492012-08-11T02:43:59.170-06:002012-08-11T02:43:59.170-06:00I've heard a lot about Malla Nunn recently and...I've heard a lot about Malla Nunn recently and I am keen to try her. Thanks for the review. Her list of fans is clearly growing.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-69102800957375389212012-08-11T00:07:08.277-06:002012-08-11T00:07:08.277-06:00kathy d.: Thanks for the comment.
I do have a cop...kathy d.: Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I do have a copy of A Beautiful Place to Die and will be reading the book.<br /><br />Nunn brought out the reality of apartheid far more clearly by its daily application than a scholarly analysis.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-76858456338730002892012-08-10T23:49:58.129-06:002012-08-10T23:49:58.129-06:00Coincidentally, I just finished Blessed are the De...Coincidentally, I just finished Blessed are the Dead a week ago. I was in its grip for the days in which I read it. Could not put it down.<br /><br />The writing is excellent, the thoughts and dialogue very carefully and thoughtfully written.<br /><br />I enjoyed this book. Reading it is an experience.<br /><br />You absolutely must run out and get A Beautiful Way to Die, which tells of some of the terrible horrors of apartheid -- and here, regarding the lack of free will of African women and their oppression by wealthy and powerful whites, whomever they are.<br /><br />And then read Let the Dead Lie, an interesting book all around.<br /><br />Malla Nunn is terrific. I heard an interview with her by the blogger at "Book'd." The link was posted at Fair Dinkum Crime.<br /><br />She thinks so much about every aspect of her books, her characters. I think they're real people to her.<br /><br />Nunn grew up in Swaziland. Her parents, fed up with the apartheid regime and laws telling them what to do, left and moved to Australia. She has spoken extensively to her relatives who lived in Durban and elsewhere.<br /><br />Her books are to be savored.kathy d.noreply@blogger.com