The River Bank: A Sequel to Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'

De: Kij Johnson

Narrado por: Kij Johnson

In this delightful dive into the bygone world of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows staunch Mole, sociable Water Rat, severe Badger, and troublesome and ebullient Toad of Toad Hall are joined by a young mole lady, Beryl, and her dear friend, Rabbit.

Kij Johnson's stories have won the Sturgeon, World Fantasy and Nebula awards. She has taught writing and has worked at Dark Horse, Microsoft and Real Networks. She has run bookstores, worked as a radio announcer and engineer, edited cryptic crosswords and waitressed in a strip bar.

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"Johnson's language is beautiful, her descriptions of setting visceral, and her characters compellingly drawn." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Johnson would fit quite comfortably on a shelf with Karen Russell, Erin Morgenstern and others who hover in the simultaneous state of being both "literary" and "fantasy writers." - Shelf Awareness

I LOVED IT!

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Been waiting years for something like this to come out. Thank you, Kij Johnson. Great addition to the world of The River Bank.

I don’t know why everyone thinks moderation of the original story is a good idea.

I liked that
She left the setting ( time and place the same and the language sounded about right and true to the form of English that was in use at the time.

That said, why would Badger of all people care if Toad kept up his social obligations? Badger who would come to dinner because “ he hated, society and dinner, invitations and all that sort of thing”

Badger who had gotten an idea that things like elbows on the table and everyone talking at once belonged to the things that really didn’t matter?

Seems like the author might have taken Mole’s comment about female nurses from chapter 6 of the original book and run with it like a run away train.
It was a different world and a different culture when the original was published but I think to truly write a good sequel one should respect that world and enter it without trying to change it.

Modern readers and most especially modern writers are guests in that culture and just as one would not visit a different country and insist that the local community change to fit one’s values one shouldn’t try to shift the culture here either.

Also the original book was an allegory and possibly even a double allegory. By comparison, this reads a bit flat.

Bout Time!

How did it take so long for someone to make a sequel to this book The Wind and The Willows. This is awesome!

KIJ JOHNSON RULES!

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What a magical sequel to Wind and the Willows. Really captures all the magic. Can't believe it's not the same author. 5 STARS!

Really Great

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Kij Johnson has done it again. What an incredibly authentic sequel to The Wind and The Willows. Grahame would be proud.

Terrible!

The author takes a forceful view of the original text as sexist. Too much for me, a 57 year old feminist