A New Pullman Profile in the Independent
May 25, 2008
Philip Pullman: His dark materials – People, News – The Independent
The death and absence of his father has informed so much of the fiction written by this highly acclaimed authorover the years, but he has never known – or wanted to know – the truth about what really happened. Until now… Cole Moreton meets Philip Pullman
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Ericka Stork | May 25, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I was uncomfortable with the tone of the article. It seems very intrusive into what can only be Mr. Pullman’s personal business. Not knowing the gentleman writing the article, I goggled his name to find that he has written a book, My Father Was a Hero: The True Story of a Man, a Boy and the Silence Between Them. Perhaps Mr. Moreton is looking through glasses colored by his own relationship with fathers.
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medinger | May 26, 2008 at 11:27 am
Made me uncomfortable too. Interesting to learn that about the writer of the piece. Having just lost a father myself I’m sensitive to what we know of them when they are no longer with us.
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