Her books have changed the lives of millions of teenagers and silenced those who complained about the younger generation, which supposedly does not read anything.
Her books have changed the lives of millions of teenagers and silenced those who complained about the younger generation, which supposedly does not read anything. In her new — and first adult — book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, JK Rowling says goodbye to the world of Harry Potter and hands the reader the keys to it.
The phenomenon of the storyteller Joan Rowling has no analogues: it is as if she herself became a character in a fairy tale, in a matter of years she has turned from an eternal loser into the richest and most famous writer in the world. She was reproached for everything: satanism, xenophobia, and the fact that her books frighten and disorientate children… framed it in words.
Joan Rowling was the first to realize that the clear boundary between the world of children and the world of adults has been erased today. Modern children live in the same information environment as their parents, which means that it is dishonest to pretend that “non-childish” topics still exist. Leaving teenagers in the dark about what tests and anxieties await them outside the school yard, we risk not only losing their trust, but also putting them in danger. That is why, with all their cozy, fabulous entourage, Rowling’s books tell about serious and gloomy things: about orphanhood, about fear and betrayal, about the fact that good does not always triumph over evil, and even that the very difference between them is sometimes illusory … But so that the reader does not fall into despair, the creator of Harry Potter gives him support: in the world she invented, there is magic that gives the characters a sense of reliability. The combination of these two factors — the feeling that you are being told the truth, with a sense of security — made JK Rowling’s books the main children’s reading of the 2000s. However, her new book is not addressed to children, but to adults. The parables underlying it are complemented by the comments of Professor Dumbledore (a friend of Harry and the headmaster of Hogwarts), and they contain all the most important things. No matter how powerful you may be, your strength not only protects you, but also imposes new obligations, forcing you to obey new rules and restrictions. And magic in this context is just a metaphor for any knowledge or skill. Concluding her epic in this way, Rowling does not just say goodbye to the matured reader — she hands him the keys to the world she created and gives invaluable advice for the future.