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ISBN:
9789059362017
Publish date: March 19th 2008
Publisher: Cossee
Pages no: 121
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Womens,
Gothic,
Australia
I picked this one up on a whim at the library, drawn in by the title and the cover, which is beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't think that the story really lived up to the expectations I formed based on them. An abused woman flees her "Murderer", or her abusive husband, with their two kids, and takes...
Can I say it was engrossing and trite? At times, it felt like it tried too hard; other moments, I felt quite caught up in the story and language.
AND AFTER THINKING I have downgraded the stars. The writing is good, but the subject matter, well I didn't learn much of anything. It just isn't my favorite type of book. AFTER READING: Very good writing. This is poetry in prose form. All books here on GoodReads have a short descriptive paragraph, b...
This is a short (121 page) book described as "delicately poetic and richly imagined, Julia Leigh’s new novella is both strange and estranged – a mesmerizing vision of a family in extremis." I thought it was definitely strange! I only continued reading this book because it was so short and I kept hop...
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