Claire North
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(eng) Claire North is a pseudonym of British writer Catherine Webb (who also writes under the name Kate Griffin). As there are other authors named "Catherine Webb" and "Kate Griffin", do not combine this page with either of those.
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- Virallinen nimi
- Webb, Catherine
- Muut nimet
- Griffin, Kate
North, Claire - Syntymäaika
- 1986-04-27
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
- Erotteluhuomautus
- Claire North is a pseudonym of British writer Catherine Webb (who also writes under the name Kate Griffin). As there are other authors named "Catherine Webb" and "Kate Griffin", do not combine this page with either of those.
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Occasionally I hit a book by a favourite author that doesn’t quite work for me, and I’m afraid this is one of those times. I’m generally a big fan of North’s writing, and I’m also a big fan of A Canticle for Leibowitz, to which this is in part a response. It’s the story of a future scholar dedicated to retrieving past knowledge in a post-apocalypse society, where rival power structures have mutually entangled espionage networks and cosmic principles are embodied.
I didn’t especially like any of the characters, but what put me off more was that although the story is mainly set in the cities and countryside of a devastated Central Europe, there is very little sense of place; the cities are interchangeable and everyone seems to speak the same language. This detachment from geography threw me right out of the narrative. Most people seem to like it much more than me.… (lisätietoja)