Russel Hoban - C or D

The Caws of Art remind me of Momus (in a good way!!)

As a teen I didn't get so well w.Kleinzeit and Pilgermann: ie I preferred his kid books (= The Mouse and his Child) to his teen books — but that wz bbz I had an army of adults nagging me to "put away childish things" and grow up. (Luckily/unfortunately I encountered punk rock and went off at an unexpected tangent...)

I was wondering what that phrase is a reference to (there's a small but worthy label of that name in the US, specializes in a variety of dark folk/drone stuff).

I've never been able to get anyone else to read this book.

Classic!

she illustrated the two frances books and the mouse and his child: i tried to find some of her piXoRz from MahC, but so far didn't

she taught modern dance until she had a child (w.RH) then taught herself to draw!! blimey!!

Just read Fremder today and loved it, maybe more than Riddley Walker.

have only ever read ridley walker, ages ago, and loved it. thx for the tip on fremder

Haven't read Fremder, but I love Riddley Walker and Kleinzeit. Oh and Mr. Rinyo-Clacton's Offer, that was good fun.

this guy rules, i can't believe i'd never read anything by him until last May. He clearly has his hobbyhorses, but manages to come at them from such different ways in each novel that i don't care that he can't stop writing about trying to change the story or Orpheus or whatever. The Medusa Frequency even managed to overcome my distaste for books where the protagonist has writer's block.

Kleinzeit was the first novel by him I ever read and it was transformative, for me, in a lot of ways. Big fan, still haven't read 75% of his books though.

i still haven't read any of his grown-up books, but 'bread and jam for frances' is adorable and classic forever.

"What do you do when you're wound up?" she asked. "Do you play that drum?"
"No," said the child. "We used to dance."
"But now we walk," said the father. "And behind us an enemy walks faster."

wait are you fucking kidding me, Russell Hoban is Bread and Jam for Frances? Li'l man Aero thought that book was the fucking business circa 1972 and then fifteen years later I loved Ridley Walker but I had no idea

fuckin A

jam is sticky, jam is sweet, jam is tasty, jam's a treat, raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry, i'm VERY...

fond!
of!
jam!

otm

very otm

will i ever read this aloud again? *feels sad*

wait are you fucking kidding me, Russell Hoban is Bread and Jam for Frances? Li'l man Aero thought that book was the fucking business circa 1972 and then fifteen years later I loved Ridley Walker but I had no idea

yeah, when I realised this it blew my mind

i just finished 'the mouse and his child.' i am torn between blinding love for this book and a vague, nagging sense of unease at the idea that little kids might actually read it.

beautiful illustrations by lillian hoban, too.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-13Dh-EEX990/TcwRpWyG0qI/AAAAAAAAFXM/qkLGTSvdiJo/s1600/MouseandhisChild.jpg

Such an incredible book, but yeah, in particular the part when the shrews massacre each other and the weasel couple comes to the battlefield to have lunch is a level of horror/comedy that I would not feel comfortable introducing to a child.