Laia answers “Animals seem to be a constant on this...”

Mª Magdalena asked this question about Life After Life (Todd Family, #1):

Animals seem to be a constant on this book, sometimes they're crucial to the development of Ursula's life. The rabbits, foxes and dogs in Fox (FOX!) Corner keep dying and living as Ursula does. Also, many many times characters are compared to certain animals, or called after them. My question is why this insistance on animals? Why is this important for Atkinson?

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Laia *interpretation for you?, I meant to write
Jan 19, 2015 02:07PM · flag

Mª Magdalena It's a very aesthetic approach, buy it also makes sense if we think about it. I think there's no possible way we'll ever know Atkinson's purpose unles ...more
Jan 20, 2015 02:30AM · flag

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