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Manufacturer: Atria Books
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780385662840
ISBN: 038566284X
Label: Atria Books
Manufacturer: Atria Books
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Atria Books
Studio: Atria Books
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Summary: Astonishing Novel
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This truly is one of the finest novels I've ever read--well worth all the hoopla.
The main narrator has a smooth voice that is easy to get lost in, and I loved the theme of the importance of "story tellers" in our society. I loved the stories within stories within stories.
This is a clear and easy read, but the multiple levels of the novel and character development are brilliant.
I would highly, highly recommend this book for anyone to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy afternoon.
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Summary: Quick delivery, fair condition
Comment: The product was delivered quickly and not in boxy packaging however the cover was in a lamanate casing that was irritating to deal with while reading. I knew it would be hardcover but I would've liked to know that it had a plastic casing.
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Summary: Great story!
Comment: I read the book and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to sit back and let someone else tell it to me.
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Summary: Referring to classics doesn't make your book a classic.
Comment: The constant allusions to literary classics is irritating--it's almost as if the author thinks that mentioning these will elevate her work to the status of a classic as well. Not even half way through I felt like giving up. Her meandering, flowery prose becomes obnoxious at a certain point (Why should it take so long to get to some substance!). I gave this book two stars because I feel it's clear that the author can craft a sentence with some eloquence. However, the story is long-winded and over-the-top. The character of Margaret is so bogged down by self-pity that I started to find her annoyingly trite. As another reviewer noted, most of the characters in this book are one-dimensional. I suppose the grief each one of them feels is supposed to connect us to them, but in many ways it alienates the reader (it becomes such a ubiquitous theme that it suffocates the story). I found myself wishing someone would slap the characters out of their self-absorbed revelries so that I might discover if there was anything in their lives that made them worth living. In the end, it's still not clear to me if there was.
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Summary: Stunning Literature
Comment: This book is the real deal. A wonderful story, masterfully told; a book that will be as good in 30 years as it is today; a piece of literature that will stand the test of time. Much has been written about the plot in other reviews so I won't repeat that, but this is a book for all readers who love books and appreciate a complex story, elegantly told. Much like a fine bottle of wine, it is to be savored.
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