Jane Le Carré
March 13, 2021 11:15 AM Subscribe
“But what would I do?” Jane Cornwell asked. She is less well-known than her husband, who passed away late last year. Now that she, too, is gone, her son writes this tribute to her and the work they did together.
I am proud to know have known Nick for such a long time (well before any of his work was published and he was just another fun guy with an amazing chocolate cake recipe on an internet forum long long ago). I knew he had been in Cornwall since his father passed, taking care of his family, but I didn't know his mom had died.
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posted by Kitteh at 11:51 AM on March 13, 2021 [13 favorites]
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posted by Kitteh at 11:51 AM on March 13, 2021 [13 favorites]
Oh, that last paragraph.
posted by fedward at 1:11 PM on March 13, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by fedward at 1:11 PM on March 13, 2021 [2 favorites]
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posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 1:31 PM on March 13, 2021
posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 1:31 PM on March 13, 2021
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posted by Obscure Reference at 2:11 PM on March 13, 2021
posted by Obscure Reference at 2:11 PM on March 13, 2021
Nick is himself a superb writer, by the way. The Gone-Away World is an astonishing work.
posted by Gadarene at 2:12 PM on March 13, 2021 [9 favorites]
posted by Gadarene at 2:12 PM on March 13, 2021 [9 favorites]
Nothing is what is seems, or even seemed, when one looks at a family that produced novels of intrigue and espionage?
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posted by Ignorantsavage at 9:49 PM on March 13, 2021
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posted by Ignorantsavage at 9:49 PM on March 13, 2021
I loved The Gone-Away World as well.
It would be a wonderful thing if this kind of collaboration could get recognition publicly, and before the writers in question died. But it is good to know about even if better late than never.
My own partner, who is male, is very invested in my writing. When I wrote a novel a couple of years ago, he read every draft, and his thoughts and contributions made in much better than it otherwise would have been. It is good for a writer to have someone like that. Sometimes it's an editor—T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, for instance—and it can become a real question of what is authorship, and how accurate our general notion that a book is written by one person is, or is not.
I've read a good deal of LeCarre, because my mother loved his work, and, as a result, it was around the house when I was younger. My mom died a few years ago. I honor the LeCarres for the many, many hours of pleasure they afforded her.
posted by Orlop at 7:01 AM on March 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
It would be a wonderful thing if this kind of collaboration could get recognition publicly, and before the writers in question died. But it is good to know about even if better late than never.
My own partner, who is male, is very invested in my writing. When I wrote a novel a couple of years ago, he read every draft, and his thoughts and contributions made in much better than it otherwise would have been. It is good for a writer to have someone like that. Sometimes it's an editor—T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, for instance—and it can become a real question of what is authorship, and how accurate our general notion that a book is written by one person is, or is not.
I've read a good deal of LeCarre, because my mother loved his work, and, as a result, it was around the house when I was younger. My mom died a few years ago. I honor the LeCarres for the many, many hours of pleasure they afforded her.
posted by Orlop at 7:01 AM on March 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
The essential...Crux of most of Lecarre' work is love, love in a world, real and imagined, that can destroy. The Russia House moved me as it seemed my generation had caught up to his story time line. I always valued that in the novels even the Karlas' love for daughter. I'm glad the author shared this about his mother and his parents love.
I don't think Eliot forgave Pound for cobbling despite the silent yes. A fascinating read is 'The odd couple' about Pounds time at Stone cottage.
posted by clavdivs at 12:04 AM on March 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
I don't think Eliot forgave Pound for cobbling despite the silent yes. A fascinating read is 'The odd couple' about Pounds time at Stone cottage.
posted by clavdivs at 12:04 AM on March 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
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