It’s the writer’s job to make this enough for the reader too. The important thing for the character is her belief that she can make a real and lasting difference. If, say, Ursula assassinates Hitler before he comes to power, all she has done is to create a single world (among the infinite number) in which Nazism sputters out – unless this version of reality overwrites the previous ones like a computer file when the save button is pressed. At some points, though, Ursula sacrifices herself for others, which would be an empty act if the world she was leaving ceased to exist. These lives aren’t exactly alternatives: it’s unclear what happens to the (very slightly) variant worlds when she dies in them, but then how would this information be conveyed? It’s a religious problem more than one of narrative technique. Life after Life does exactly what it says on the spine of the book, offering a number of versions of the life of Ursula Todd, born in 1910. Reading Theme: Indian Books in August + August 201.Kate Atkinson is in no danger of prosecution for misrepresenting goods.Review: Grandma's Bag of Stories by Sudha Murthy.Review: The Return of Butterfly by Moni Mohsin.Review: The Anti-Social Network by Piyush Jha.Friday Favourites: Bag, Cupcakes, Outifts and Cuff.Review: The Return of Captain John Emmett by Eliza.Review: Hanuman's Ramayana by Devdutt Pattnaik, Ar.Review: The Mother I Never Knew by Sudha Murthy.Review: Fire on The Mountain by Anita Desai.
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