tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post7016152671713446981..comments2024-03-08T08:12:36.982+00:00Comments on Flaming Nora: Flaming Norahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01777449640443864333noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-79459664483630338682011-01-27T17:02:39.975+00:002011-01-27T17:02:39.975+00:00Hello, Just found your blog. I had a quick peek at...Hello, Just found your blog. I had a quick peek at your flickr stream, I really liked your photos..Em xEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882711291578930614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-63411209032061242252011-01-26T13:22:30.911+00:002011-01-26T13:22:30.911+00:00I think I love ALL of these books, I haven't h...I think I love ALL of these books, I haven't had a splurge on books for ages (other than children's ones), I think I need to spend some time in the grown up sections. <br />One of my 'hopes' for this year is to read more, I used to read all the time but generally nod off if I'm quiet and still for a while these days.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703990498047672441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-39296094596987894402011-01-26T10:58:47.823+00:002011-01-26T10:58:47.823+00:00Apologies. So that was what you were doing up ther...Apologies. So that was what you were doing up there ;-)bobbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-66045866663642888412011-01-25T19:27:18.883+00:002011-01-25T19:27:18.883+00:00Thanks for all the messages people.
Two things to ...Thanks for all the messages people.<br />Two things to point out. <br />1 I have always been in to books, Bobbie I think your memory must be faulty!<br />2. Jon, Nikki did warn me not to open this can of worms! <br />my take is much the same only may be a little more of a idealistic bit of re worked socialist propaganda!<br />The Fat cat arrives at the door of the working family, tricks its way in by making the populace think its wonderful and will deliver all to every one. It then bleeds them dry and departs. Leaving poverty and hunger in its wake, with not so much as a backwards glance.<br />But you never know where the Fat cats are hiding, or who is working for them, hence the ginger tom at the end of the book.<br />Also Judith Kerr and in fact her family are really interesting, her father was a play write and they had to flee Germany in the early 1930's. They ended up eventually here in England. She wrote another book about her childhood experiences in germany called "Hitler stole Pink Rabbit" aimed at children. Her brother a top and famous Lawyer also wrote a memoir about their early lives.<br />Phew!Flaming Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777449640443864333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-23232126537563011082011-01-25T18:35:37.136+00:002011-01-25T18:35:37.136+00:00The Tiger who came to tea is a favourite here too....The Tiger who came to tea is a favourite here too.<br /><br />thank you for sharing all these other lovelies xx<br /><br />i have enjoyed looking and reading about them.*❀*https://www.blogger.com/profile/14143314168705905142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-69333411780018719322011-01-25T17:40:51.334+00:002011-01-25T17:40:51.334+00:00So, I've been sitting here reading your wonder...So, I've been sitting here reading your wonderful post on books, glorious books, and discovered a little covetous drool leaking from my lips. Ooh, what a gorgeous lot of books these! I realize now, that I only buy the small one books anymore and never for myself. It seems a luxury and money that should be spent elsewhere. I do remember the days of my youth when I would forgo a weeks proper groceries to buy a book. I remember a time I ate nothing but oatmeal for days on end because I had to have 'The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry'. Me thinks I need to spend an afternoon in Powells Books, one of the largest new and used book stores in America - it's just down town!Lola Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215529779296867987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-124164970324880852011-01-25T17:34:33.003+00:002011-01-25T17:34:33.003+00:00Thanks Jane – I also have perceived hidden meaning...Thanks Jane – I also have perceived hidden meanings in the Tiger who came to Tea. I think it’s a pretty sinister story and I very much buy into a masculist reading of the story. <br /><br />Essentially the hidden themes are all about invasion and conquest. The Tiger represents a powerful invading force entering a country (the family home) and pillaging it of all its natural resources. The women folk of this land, across the age spectrums, are bemused and initially shocked – but also excited by the sheer power of this exotic force. They entertain it, feed it and marvel at its voraciousness and greed. They fear the Tiger but resistance quickly gives way to affection – and a willing submission to its powers.<br /><br />The husband represents the defeated indigenous army coming home after a struggle only to find his home pillaged and his women-folk buying into the deceit. In contrast to the exciting, testosterone-fuelled tiger, the husband is boring, drab a domesticated cuckolded husband who despite providing for his family, has no glamour or excitement to him.<br /><br />The final insult is that he has to pay for meal out – and the mysterious Tiger re-appears in a domesticated version as a cat – winking at the reader through the gloom. You know that he might not appear again as a Tiger but forever he will be sinister memory within a broken household.Jon Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348262449391197040.post-28147464219463028332011-01-25T17:16:50.992+00:002011-01-25T17:16:50.992+00:00It is GREAT that you love books xxx (You didn'...It is GREAT that you love books xxx (You didn't always - ssshhh, Bobbie!) My problem from now on is always WRITE something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it - any day now!bobbienoreply@blogger.com