Famke

Famke is a horrible woman, and despite the narrative's assurances that we must love her, the reader cannot identify with such a shallow, idiotic, and careless person.

Narrative Strategies 2009

Famke is neither more nor less "horrible" (or desperate or confused) than most picaresque anti-heroes, but surely one of the problems Catherynne M. Valente has with her is that she's an anti-heroine, a woman taking on the role traditionally associated with misfits and outcasts, one that inherently calls for a certain amount of guile and disregard for moral niceties.

Narrative Strategies 2009

After living at the orphanage with its rigid structure and rules, Famke is liberated and sent to work on the farm in Dragor.

Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal: Questions 2005

Famke is unfamiliar with the tenets of the Mormon religion as well as with the circumstances of her own situation.

Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal: Questions 2005

Months go by and though she hasn’t heard from Albert, Famke is convinced that he simply cannot live without her.

Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal: Questions 2005

Loving to be looked at, and able to stand perfectly still without shivering, Famke is the ideal artist's model.

Breath and Bones: Summary and book reviews of Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal. 2005

I think you'll be happy to learn, Catherynne, that even the protagonist's name is totally fake and bogus: Danish ladies aren't called Famke, since it's a Frisian Dutch name.

Breath and Bones 2005

I find it odd that a writer of fantasy would not understand architypal concepts such as Famke's beauty, or miss that she never truly acts "horribly" and is without any sense of depth.

Breath and Bones 2005

Famke leaves a fair amount of distress and destruction in her wake, but little of it is due to her "careless" or "idiotic" behavior.

Narrative Strategies 2009

Famke had never heard of Merlin or of Nimue, but Albert was teaching her a great deal about the mythology of her people.

Narrative Strategies 2009