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by Rachel Seiffert (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd; 2nd Printing edition (1 Feb 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 043401186X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0434011865
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 358,311 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Contains vast themes of war and kinship, grief and terror, love and trust. This is the short story at its best.' Sunday Times * 'Seiffert is a writer of great delicacy and toughness... There's nothing frail about Field Study, which is immensely strong and proves in itself the happiest of outcomes - good story begetting good story after good story.' Guardian 'A startingly powerful debut... Compelling... Deserves praise and prizes in abundance. A remarkable achievement... Not to be missed' Daily Mail * 'Seiffert's powerful book resonates with hope, humanity and understanding. It should be on everyone's reading lists.' Sunday Times"

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`Afterwards sees Seiffert wrap her masterful, delightfully controlled prose around conflicts more recent and morally ambiguous ... shunning politics and hyperbole, rejecting jargon in favour of effortful narration ... Seiffert patiently builds lives the reader can believe in and care about .... This highly engaging novel continues to reveal itself long after it is read. It is a book, like its protagonists, that gives up its secrets slowly.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sparse but brilliant writing, 9 Mar 2007
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This is a sparse and haunting novel that explores filial and romantic relationships, both intact and broken. Alice's relationships with her mother, stepfather, father, grandfather and grandmother are delicately drawn by Seiffert in her pared down yet powerful prose, but it is her relationship with Joseph that is central to the novel. Seiffert's description early in the novel of their realisation that they are beginning to love one another is beautifully done and touchingly empathetic. It would be too simplistic to describe them as damaged, she by the natural father who abandoned her and has recently broken written contact with her, and he by his experiences in the army in Northern Ireland. They are incredibly realised characters. For contemporary fiction, it is rare to have depictions of very ordinary individuals with ordinary jobs and families, and Seiffert gives the reader a balanced portrayal of all the characters. The promise that the reader saw in her collection of novellas, The Dark Room, and her collection of short stories, Field Study, is fulfilled in this her first novel. Destined to be on the Booker shortlist for 2007. Superb.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Boring, boring, boring, 1 Nov 2007
So slow and tedious that I couldn't even finish it. What is all the fuss about? Beautiful, spare writing? Hardly. Utterly insipid and crashingly dull.
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