less. ಮೂರುನಾಕು ... lotus5673@yahoo.co.in ; https://www.facebook.com/LbnRaj/about ... A Little More About Me : Devarai Rajashekhar. School Librarian. Interests : Thinking, Reading, Writing. Academic Inclinations : Librarianship, Sociology, Psychology, Poetry, Kannada , Philosophy and …….. . b March 31, 1958 Bidar (Karnataka, India). Currently at Mumbai, India. Family : wife, daughter and a son. Professional Affiliations and Engagements as a Librarian in the Areas of Schooling, Fashion, Infrastructure, Agriculture and Law. Participated/attended, 1998 : IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) International Conference – Amsterdam and Fashion Fairs in London. Life Member : Academy of Library Science and Documentation, Indian Library Association, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Bombay Science Librarians Association, Karnataka Sahitya Mandira, Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India, Indian Sociological Society;the film adaptations I’ve seen.

Part of this is Thorpe’s writing, which includes her portrayal of a multitude of characters of both genders. At one point she is the executioner. At another –one of my favourite scenes—we get a portrayal of the Dauphin and his mistress in a dialogue, back and forth in complete cynicism.

Sarah Thorpe as the Dauphin (photo: Laura Dittman)

We hear from a priest who is her confessor, yet whose dialogue frames her life as though from an immortal perspective, the view from beyond the grave and beyond life itself. This perspective is the frame-work for HERETIC, and is a brilliant choice for the beginning and end, for although his language is judgmental, she refuses to buy into his criteria, refuses to accept his religious perspective. And