Sandy’s Comments (group member since Feb 15, 2014)

Sandy’s comments from the Ask Sean Pidgeon: February 14-18 group.

Thanks for your quick reply. I'm quite inspired by Hardy's work as well; there is something brilliant in his use of landscape as not merely a background against which events transpire but as a narrative device in itself, a sort of landscape-as-language, and I did notice some stylistic similarities in Finding Camlann.

If I could trouble you to elaborate on that, and also this: What do you think makes that British scenery so uniquely worthy of centuries of literary reverence? Having done a bit of traveling around the UK I've been rather bewitched by it myself, so I always love to read things that capture that visual poetry so profoundly.

Hi Sean,

I really enjoyed the novel, finding myself completely immersed in the beautifully intertwined threads of history and mythology and language. I was impressed not only by the tremendous amount of historical research involved but also by the vivid descriptions of those British landscapes that are clearly so close to your heart; I truly felt transported by the lively imagery. Could you comment on the inspiration behind this timeless sense of place that is so central to your story and to Arthurian legend?

Thanks for a fantastic journey.