Hey all: As mentioned here before, my forthcoming book, Harry, A History,features a foreword by and interview with J.K. Rowling. A large portionof our lengthy interview did not make it into the book, so I'm postinginterview outtakes and info on the book's site regularly. The latest postis about the Veil at the Ministry, why Jo feels certain characterscould hear what they did, and exactly who wanted to go beyond the Veil:
JKR: Everyone wanted to go beyond the veil.
MA:This is very canon-based, but there are some things that as a fan,there are things I just gotta know. A lot of fans see the veil as thatseparation -
JKR: It's thedivide between life and death. I tried to do a nod to that in the Taleof Three Brothers – she was separate from them as though through aveil. You can't go back if you pass through that veil, you cannot comeback. Or you can't come back in any form that will make either personhappy anyway.
But when they surround that veil [in Order of the Phoenix],I was trying to show that depending on their degree of skepticism orbelief about what lay beyond – because Luna, of course, is a veryspiritual character. Luna believes firmly in an afterlife. She's veryclear on that. And she feels them speaking or hears them speaking muchmore clearly than Harry does. This is the idea of faith.
That's not all; there's more at this link; you can pre-order the book, due out Nov 4, here. Thanks for all your support so far; I'll let you know each time there's new info to be had there!
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