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Burnt Shadows - Kamila Shamsie
Burnt Shadows
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4.00 5
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781408804278 (1408804271)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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artsy musings of a bibliophile
artsy musings of a bibliophile rated it
4.0 Burnt Shadows: A Novel
The journey from Hiroko Tanaka to an almost Hiroko Konrad and finally, Hiroko Ashraf was intensely poetic and linked to the many absurdities of life. Everything written in the book can be reflected in one simple phrase, "The speed necessary to replace loss." More than a search for identity, Burnt Sh...
MargaretBolingMullin
MargaretBolingMullin rated it
0.0 Burnt Shadows
5/2/11 ** I've now officially dropped this book; I was enjoying it while I was reading it, but when I got side-tracked into something else, this didn't call me back. I keep trying to read literary novels and they just don't appeal. :(3/23/11 ** Several months ago BBC's program, The Strand, featured...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it
3.0
NO SPOILERSI finished this last night. Three or four stars? Do I REALLY like it or do I like it. While I was reading it, I REALLY liked it, but with time it is the story that will remain not all the wonderful lines that are so intriguing. I think it will turn into an "I liked it" book. You will thor...
carey
carey rated it
Too ambitious, too wordy, just got through it.
Par Lance
Par Lance rated it
Based on friends' reviews and comments from other Goodreads members, I have decided to spare myself the trouble.
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