FERRETS CAN BE GODS
“Children in Saki are often victors in the battle against authority; his stories salute their boldness but have no truck with sentiment. The children are usually nasty, brutish and short, and loved for it.”
—Katherine Rundell on Saki, for the London Review of Books
2/4
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n16/katherine-rundell/ferrets-can-be-gods
#Scottish #literature #shortstories #Saki #humor #humour #horror
Assoc for Scottish Literature
npub1my…75wn0
2024-12-18 12:52:02 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…xjwg
Author Public Key
npub1my9w3grw7zrwqa28ehxpgsnl5qw9klqmhgnvug6ehxqj0jf6vc6qp75wn0Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2024-12-18 12:52:02 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "efea94135fa5c924c176b1de47d435bb8f214a9d6b0046613730d884c43cc8f4",
"pubkey": "d90ae8a06ef086e07547cdcc14427fa01c5b7c1bba26ce2359b98127c93a6634",
"created_at": 1734526322,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"humor"
],
[
"t",
"saki"
],
[
"e",
"43ba9cda7e7cd28efda2172251769e70107eca3023ff1ceb4f5c9adeee3aed44",
"",
"root",
"d90ae8a06ef086e07547cdcc14427fa01c5b7c1bba26ce2359b98127c93a6634"
],
[
"t",
"horror"
],
[
"t",
"scottish"
],
[
"t",
"shortstories"
],
[
"p",
"d90ae8a06ef086e07547cdcc14427fa01c5b7c1bba26ce2359b98127c93a6634"
],
[
"p",
"993c07027676828aedfcca043689c3c5ba1103ccf0adc28547ba194ea7ec41d2"
],
[
"t",
"humour"
],
[
"t",
"literature"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit/113673917071441156",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.scot/users/scotlit/statuses/113673917071441156",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.scot/users/scotlit/statuses/113673917071441156",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "FERRETS CAN BE GODS\n\n“Children in Saki are often victors in the battle against authority; his stories salute their boldness but have no truck with sentiment. The children are usually nasty, brutish and short, and loved for it.”\n\n—Katherine Rundell on Saki, for the London Review of Books\n\n2/4\n\nhttps://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n16/katherine-rundell/ferrets-can-be-gods\n\n#Scottish #literature #shortstories #Saki #humor #humour #horror",
"sig": "1b3953a41f8873566c74d9e8a3c6a90245df31c3083fa246fabb17a72d5534df587f9c0228c9a98dc02d64dda2146343197360958f8bbc416232a7a6dee26cb9"
}