BLACK SWAN GREEN

'''Black Swan Green''' is a semi-autobiographical bildungsroman novel written by David Mitchell. It was published in April 2006 in the U.S. and May 2006 in the UK. The novel's thirteen chapters each represent one month -- from January 1982 through January 1983 -- in the life of 13-year-old Worcestershire boy Jason Taylor. The novel is written from the perspective of Taylor and employs many teen colloquialisms and popular-culture references from early-1980s England.

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Allusions/references to other works

Adaptations

External Links

References

Allusions/references to other works

The book contains references and characters from other works by Mitchell, as is characteristic of his novels:

★ Neal Brose, a pupil at the same school as Taylor, appears as an adult in ''Ghostwritten''.

★ Eva van Crommelynck, who tutors Taylor on poetry and life, also appears in ''Cloud Atlas'', as do references to her father, Vivian Ayrs, her mother, and Robert Frobischer, composer of the rare and beautiful sextet that Jason listens to while visiting her.

★ Mark Badbury, a pupil at the same school as Taylor, also appears as an adult in the short story 'Preface' published in the [UK] ''Daily Telegraph'' on 29.04.06.

★ Another pupil, Clive Pike (as an adult) and school headmaster Mr. Nixon (both corporeally and disembodied) appear in the short story 'Acknowledgments' published in ''Prospect (magazine)'', No. 115, Oct. 2005

★ School headmaster Mr. Nixon (his first name is revealed as Graham) appears in the short story 'Denouement' published in ''The Guardian'' Review section, 26.05.07, in support of the author's appearance at the Hay Festival that day.^[1]

Adaptations

''Black Swan Green'' is currently being adapted for Ruby Films and Channel 4 by Tony Marchant.^[2]

External Links

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''The Times'' (London)

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''The New Yorker''

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''The New York Times''

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''The Observer''

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''Kirkus Reviews''

★ Review of ''Black Swan Green'': ''www.thebookseller.com''

References

1. http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2088190,00.html
2. http://www.theagency.co.uk/docs/clients.pdf