Comments on: Black Swan Green by David Mitchell http://www.girldetective.net/?p=510 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-5581 girldetective Tue, 09 May 2006 13:18:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=510#comment-5581 I think his character DID grow over the course of the novel, and did advance into a sort of adulthood. Yes, he was only 13 throughout, but he was most definitely older and wiser at the end. I think his character DID grow over the course of the novel, and did advance into a sort of adulthood. Yes, he was only 13 throughout, but he was most definitely older and wiser at the end.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-5563 carolyn Tue, 09 May 2006 01:18:16 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=510#comment-5563 mitchell has also pointed out in interviews that it's not really a bildungsroman as such -- not really "coming of age"... because his character isn't growing or advancing from childhood into young manhood: he stays 13 throughout. i really loved it. i think it's by far the best thing he's written yet. mitchell has also pointed out in interviews that it’s not really a bildungsroman as such — not really “coming of age”… because his character isn’t growing or advancing from childhood into young manhood: he stays 13 throughout.

i really loved it. i think it’s by far the best thing he’s written yet.

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