Calypso Bergère Mysteries
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Beginning a fiction series: form and structure
The novella has never been a very popular form. It’s usually seen as a kind of in-between fiction, neither long enough to allow for satisfying character development and plotting of the novel, nor brief enough to provide the concentrated impact of the short story. Continue reading
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Beginning a fiction series: protagonist and setting
My first notion of Calypso Bergère was a kind of female Tintin, an intrepid teen-detective and adventurer inhabiting a slightly unreal, slightly indeterminate 1930s setting. But Tintin is ageless and sexless, and, to be blunt, two-dimensional. Continue reading
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Calypso’s world 3
This is the third in an occasional series of posts about the artistic and social world inhabited by Calypso Bergère. This post focuses on the third novella in the series, Calypso and the Accidental Recording, set in Paris in the spring of 1932. Continue reading
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Calypso’s world 2
This is the second in an occasional series of posts about the artistic and social world inhabited by Calypso Bergère. This post focuses on the second novella in the series, Calypso and the Christmas Map, set in Paris in the winter of 1931. Continue reading
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