Self referencing Hoban
Having gone to the trouble of transcribing the following for The Kraken, I feel I ought to get my money’s worth… Will Self talking to John Mullan, professor of English at University College London, on Guardian Books, in part about Russell Hoban’s cult classic Riddley Walker. The conversation was recorded at a 14 June discussion in London. The podcast is here. And, any podcast refuseniks will find a transcript of the Hoban parts of the conversation (the entire podcast lasts 48 minutes) here.
posted by Chris Bell at 1:23 PM
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I find the tough read thing about Riddley Walker a bit curious also. It's basically simple language phonetically spelt, based on some kind of pared down English rural dialect.
Are people really so wedded to a rigid rational mental program that the simple leap can't be made?
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