tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422112066790651313.post4652614609916210600..comments2024-03-14T08:34:34.769+00:00Comments on litrefs: Margaret DrabbleTim Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422112066790651313.post-69118919614644592012011-11-25T02:36:04.819+00:002011-11-25T02:36:04.819+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.kanaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275701043104944900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422112066790651313.post-75989597631286767862011-11-24T21:44:13.288+00:002011-11-24T21:44:13.288+00:00I'm a Drabble fan, or should I say, I was. I ...I'm a Drabble fan, or should I say, I was. I loved her books when I read them years ago. Now reading through your post I see the mannered style as a little off putting but I don't remember feeling that way when I read the books in the first place. Fashions and styles change. <br /><br />I've done a little research into the sibling rivalry issue between Drabble and AS Byatt - fascinating - and then a couple of years ago, by chance, I shared a dinner with Michael Holroyd, Drabble's husband and a biographer in his own right. That gave me a deeper insight into these very British but also very human of people. I liked Holroyd so much. I imagine, were I ever to meet Drabble I would like her too.<br /><br />Though as Margaret Atwood argues to imagine you can know a writer from her writing is like comparing pate to a duck. There's so much process and product between them. <br /><br />Thanks for a terrific post.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com