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...narrator of the book, Henry L’Hôte, gives up writing after a successful first novel. Is Henry??s story a roman à clef for your own experiences...
...Henry??s book is initially denied publication. According to Henry??s publishers, corporate bookstores would not know how to classify or market what Henry calls a “flip-book,” with a novel on one side and an essay on the other. The book, therefore, would be doomed from the start. So discouraged by this, Henry goes into a period of artistic withdrawal, in which he cannot bring himself to write. It almost seems that Martel is making a private joke, as he proceeds, in the rest of “Beatrice...
Martel identifies Henry??s temporary loss of an authorial voice with that of the extinct animal and those of Holocaust victims. Martel also appears to take umbrage at the idea that the Holocaust must always remain a static concept. According to Henry, first-hand accounts of past suffering cannot accomplish the same emotional and intellectual challenge that a piece of fiction can. Martel’s book is therefore a revolutionary move written in protest against the reluctance to portray the Holocaust outside of non-fiction. Yet a simple look at the corpus of contemporary Western literature shows...
...second session began at the stadium prior to the team’s second round match. Alina’s sister Laura angrily accused Sir Henry??s team of assassinating her sister, and a member of the other team provided them with information...
...team processed the information and, as they left for their next match, were attacked by a demon. As a result of the attack Sir Henry??s team missed their second match and were nearly disqualified from the tournament...