tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post937001999111802352..comments2023-08-15T07:41:19.933-05:00Comments on <center>Slaves of Golconda</center>: Thoughts on The Vet's Daughter by Barbara ComynsQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-70872778984945843012015-01-17T18:47:28.036-06:002015-01-17T18:47:28.036-06:00Do you have the NYRB edition? It's on p. 125, ...Do you have the NYRB edition? It's on p. 125, after Rosa laughs at her over Nicholas: "It was strange she said I'd be the 'death of her,' because in a way I was."<br /><br />It reminded me of Shirley Hazzard in Transit of Venus, how a reader couldn't understand the ending if she missed the blink-and-you'll-miss-'em flash-forwards.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-9315232669878147922015-01-17T17:18:32.722-06:002015-01-17T17:18:32.722-06:00Oh, that's a great catch, that the ginger-mous...Oh, that's a great catch, that the ginger-moustache man from the beginning is there again at the end! I'm disappointed in myself for not noticing it. I missed the flash-forward moment too, and haven't been able to spot it yet leafing back a few pages: where is it, exactly? Because I stumbled too over her death (as you say, she can't do that!) and then decided I should just suspend disbelief about that -- but you've given me a lot more to think about.Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.com