6/23/2023 0 Comments Susanna clarke author![]() ![]() And, given the long silence that followed, even non-devotees might wonder what to expect of this new novel. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of stories published in 2006, was politely received by critics but didn’t quite rekindle the fervour of devotees. ![]() Yet even as her imitators proliferated, she herself returned only briefly to her antic and ornate parallel Regency. Like Hilary Mantel, Clarke made the very notion of genre seem quaint. Infusing “great tradition” verisimilitude with the imaginative radicalism of Ursula Le Guin, it gave rise to what might be called magical archaism, a fictional strain that has since become widespread. But its lingering influence – perhaps all the more notable for her long quiescence – has not been fully appreciated. She is hardly obscure, of course her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, became a worldwide bestseller and was given a plush TV adaptation by the BBC. Susanna Clarke is a writer who has never quite been given her due. ![]()
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