The Republic of Love
by:
Carol Shields (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140149906 (0140149902)
Publish date: April 1st 1993
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 366
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
This is not my first Carol Shields’ book, so I had expectations when I read it. I expected vivid descriptions, sharp, ironic dialogue, and a plot that moves along gently in the background. I expected to experience ordinary life through the eyes of a keen observer, and see it elevated to a thing of b...
I plodded through this book as long as I did because I have secretly always wanted to live in Winnipeg. Despite the winters, I think that city and I could have a future together. It's like the one that got away of cities, except maybe, still, someday? So even though I didn't find the prose compellin...
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