Russell Hoban
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Short review: Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Turtle Diary is a brilliant, funny, bittersweet and ultimately redemptive meditation on middle-aged loneliness. Russell Hoban is best known for his children’s books (especially the picture books about Frances the Badger and two of my favorites, The Mouse and His Child and Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas) but he wrote fiction for adults too, and this… Continue reading
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Rest in Peace, Russell Hoban: What you meant to us.
Russell Hoban has died. Without hesitation I can say he was a major influence on me as a young reader. He authored the first series I ever followed with Frances the badger as the main character. Lillian Hoban’s kinetic illustrations made the stories even more real to me. My mother got me a tea set… Continue reading