Byatt, A.S. (2011). Ragnarok. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd.
Grey Granite will pleased to receive her book back shortly. Grey Granite described this as one of her iconic books. She had read it while on holiday on the Isle of Skye.
Dr Anne has struggled with the book. As a child she hated Anderson's Fairy Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales. She hated the stories and she hated the illustrations. She really wasn't into fairy tales or myths. She had many attempts to start the book.
In the end in order for her to read the book she tried to get into the brain of the 'thin child'. She read it in the Institute Hall while waiting for the dancers to arrive. She read it in the schools while waiting for the children to arrive for their country dancing. She tried to think of the richness of the text. She tried to think of the scenarios presented. She tried to think of the imagery. She tried... She is not going to score the book. It would be at the opposite end of the continuum from Grey Granite.
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Grey Granite thinks that this is probably one of those books which has to be read at the right time in the right place. Wandering about a very misty Skye, in a reflective frame of mind tracing the journey of Charles Edward Stewart Grey Granite was able to identify with the thin,solitary, bookish child and found the book enthralling. This may well have been partly due to the impact of time and place.
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