| Tuesday 9 December 2008 |
| The Tales of Beedle the Bard |
Its been over a year since the release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows', and with the completion of the Harry Potter series, I found a huge void in my literary pursuits, a void which still has yet to be filled by any new series. Indeed, without a future Potter book to speculate on, life lost some of its appeal and joy. I really miss the good old days, where I could actually just surf fan-sites when I'm bored and read all the various theories floating around the internet, ranging from those that were highly plausible, to those that were utterly preposterous.
Then came the news that JK Rowling acutally wrote 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', which was a book that actually had quite a small, but important role to play in the final installment of the Harry Potter series. While initially it was meant to be a personal gift to 7 special people who had helped Rowling in her creation of Harry Potter, fate would have it be that the generous people at Amazon.com, who won the bid in a charity auction for one of the 7 original copies, decided to publish the book for the general public, all in the name of charity. Rowling, being a mightily generous lady herself, gave her stamp of approval, and all these set into motion the necessary steps needed to publish this quirky, but imaginative addition to the Harry Potter universe.
I was, of course, overjoyed upon hearing the news, because a small but insistent part of me never wanted to bid goodbye to the world of Harry Potter and the fact that Rowling actually penned this book of short stories implied that there was still a chance (and even future chances) that there would be continual add-ons to the already wonderful world of Harry Potter, a world that I have grown to love and cherished! All these meant that I would be allowed to postpone saying my goodbyes to a world that I've been obsessed over the past 8 years of my sorry, sad existence.
'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' contains five different wizarding fairy tales. Like muggle fairy tales, each tale has its own moral lessons to it. Unfortunately, some of the stories are quite twisted, and thus the morals they teach may not pertain to the teachings of many of my muggle colleagues and friends. Nonetheless, I am sure they are still of certain relevance to the muggle world. Each story is unique, extremely quirky, and downright wicked. However, the most delightful thing of this rather short read are the commentaries & notes for each story, written by Professor Albus Dumbledore himself! Dumbledore's commentaries are riddled with examples of his amazing dry wit and rather perverse sense of sardonic humour. In today's context, his commentaries are a starling masterclass on how to be a classy bitch! All in all, it is a rather enjoyable read and will be a hoot to many!
If anything, the book has taught me the dangers of having a hairy heart. Highly recommended to all who loved and enjoyed the Harry Potter books, and dearly miss the good old days where we were allowed to be fanatical and obsessed over them!Labels: harry potter, literature |
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