Archive for January, 2008

The Heroines Redux: Does Penny have Multiple Personality Disorder?

Published January 28th, 2008

Here’s a provocative interpretation of the novel, from Mike F.  Agree or disagree?
“I very much enjoyed the book, especially when I think I “got it”. I must admit, I may be completely off base, but I saw this novel as a complex study of a woman with mutiple personalities. The mother & 13 year old […]

Cover art for the Italian Edition of The Heroines

Published January 19th, 2008

Tell me what you think!  Bellissima, or what?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliotedizioni/2182922998/

Metafiction and the Postmodern Page Turner

Published January 16th, 2008

I was delighted with Kevin Nance’s piece in the Chicago Sun Times last weekend, when he said, 
as a metafiction, The Heroines allows Favorite to spoof the conventions of fairy tales and 19th century women’s literature; the prairie around Anne-Marie’s house shares distinct characteristics with the moor in Wuthering Heights, while the nearby forest, where Penny first […]