Dante's Heart
An Interview with Elizabeth Kerner
...And, well, a strong diet of Andrew Lang-collected fairy stories fed the
flames, really. Especially the Japanese dragons, who could take human form. I
loved that element of not knowing if you were talking to a little old man or to the
Dragon King. Hmm, does that sound familiar?
DH: It does. By the way, what is your own favorite moment in the series, if
that’s a fair question? What moment in your own work touches you nearest the
heart?
EK: I've got lots of favourite bits, scattered here and there – there's no
particular one really, though I tend to have one fave moment per book. I suspect
this is a very personal thing, and in many cases these very moments might pass
the reader by as just being part of the whole, which is a good thing.
In Song in the Silence, I think it was the moment that Lanen was singing Akhor's
soul onto the Winds, facing despair with hope, not knowing that he still lived.
In The Lesser Kindred, of all things, it's when Varien is gazing out on the starlit
night, and he holds his soulgem in his hand and finally realises that he is changed
forever, and is overcome with regret for all that is gone. Hmm – interesting,
again, his future (in the shape of Salera) is only a few feet and a few moments
away.
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...And, well, a strong diet of Andrew Lang-collected fairy stories fed the
flames, really. Especially the Japanese dragons, who could take human form. I
loved that element of not knowing if you were talking to a little old man or to the
Dragon King. Hmm, does that sound familiar?
DH: It does. By the way, what is your own favorite moment in the series, if
that’s a fair question? What moment in your own work touches you nearest the
heart?
EK: I've got lots of favourite bits, scattered here and there – there's no
particular one really, though I tend to have one fave moment per book. I suspect
this is a very personal thing, and in many cases these very moments might pass
the reader by as just being part of the whole, which is a good thing.
In Song in the Silence, I think it was the moment that Lanen was singing Akhor's
soul onto the Winds, facing despair with hope, not knowing that he still lived.
In The Lesser Kindred, of all things, it's when Varien is gazing out on the starlit
night, and he holds his soulgem in his hand and finally realises that he is changed
forever, and is overcome with regret for all that is gone. Hmm – interesting,
again, his future (in the shape of Salera) is only a few feet and a few moments
away.
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