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Of Mice and Metaphors

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

January 2, 2024 by Zirza 1 Comment

In a small Warwickshire village, an eleven year old succumbs to the plague. The year is 1596; the boy’s name is Hamnet. His father, who remains nameless throughout the book, goes on to write a famous play about a young Danish prince, while his mother stays behind with the boy’s sisters, trying to pick up the pieces of their life.  Hamnet is about a side of Shakespeare we rarely get a glimpse of, mostly because not a lot is known about it save for a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, Shakespeare, Shakespeare for Squirrels

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, Shakespeare, Shakespeare for Squirrels ·
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A novel of grief

Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell

January 1, 2021 by ElCicco 6 Comments

This could very well end up as one of my favorites for 2021. O’Farrell’s novel imagines the death of William Shakespeare’s young son Hamnet and the grief the envelops the family as a result. I could not put this book down, it is so beautifully written and heart wrenching. While Shakespeare is a character in the novel (never named but obviously him), the main character is Agnes, his wife and mother to Hamnet, Hamnet’s twin Judith and Susannah. It is mainly through her eyes that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, ElCicco, Fiction, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, Shakespeare

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR13, ElCicco, Fiction, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, Shakespeare ·
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