"Yep, I'm glad about this discussion as well! Now I get to have most of my questions about the book answered. What can be better than that?"
Glad you guys like this place. :) I'm going to try to keep dragging people in.
"In reference to the perfume amphora (spelling?) that is mentioned a few times throughout the book . . . what do you think it is a metaphor for? Is it a metaphor for Attolia's lost innocence/childhood when she became a queen at such a young age or the loss of something precious to her, such as when she used it in reference to Gen? Just curious what ya'll think :)"
:D I thought it was a metaphor for the loss - or breaking - of something precious to her. Gen, in other words. In a fit of fury, she flung the amphora and broke it, and bitterly regretted it later. I suppose this implies that her feelings when she ordered Gen to be mutilated were fairly extreme, and she didn't entirely realise what she had done, or someto her senses, until later. Hmm, I'm not sure.
"pssst . . . I found out King of Attolia is being published in the U.S. on January 24th, so just 12 more days to go!"
:) It was out yesterday in Canada as far as I know. I guess we in the UK'll be the last to get it. *sighs*
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Date: 1/12/06 04:39 pm (UTC)Glad you guys like this place. :) I'm going to try to keep dragging people in.
"In reference to the perfume amphora (spelling?) that is mentioned a few times throughout the book . . . what do you think it is a metaphor for? Is it a metaphor for Attolia's lost innocence/childhood when she became a queen at such a young age or the loss of something precious to her, such as when she used it in reference to Gen? Just curious what ya'll think :)"
:D I thought it was a metaphor for the loss - or breaking - of something precious to her. Gen, in other words. In a fit of fury, she flung the amphora and broke it, and bitterly regretted it later. I suppose this implies that her feelings when she ordered Gen to be mutilated were fairly extreme, and she didn't entirely realise what she had done, or someto her senses, until later. Hmm, I'm not sure.
"pssst . . . I found out King of Attolia is being published in the U.S. on January 24th, so just 12 more days to go!"
:) It was out yesterday in Canada as far as I know. I guess we in the UK'll be the last to get it. *sighs*
Oh well. :)