- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (3 Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747559643
- ISBN-13: 978-0747559641
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 660,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A ravishing evocation of the lives of those whose souls are irrevocably touched by nature'
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'Piercingly beautiful'
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Format:Paperback
This book was recommended to me by an English major. With the skepticism of a non English student, I read on and found myself engrossed in the books characters and story. The story involves the women of successive generations of a single family starting on the shores of Ireland and ending up in the ever-urbanizing world of just outside Toronto. The women of the family and their respective passions are explored in a greatly interesting manner. I fully recommend this text. It greatly surprised me...Thks eddy
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A single sentence in this book encompasses the highest of art and spirit that the muse of writing holds out before all writers. Many produce volumes over a lifetime and never achieve the beauty, elegance and balance of Urguhart's writing. It may be a tale but it is the writing, the exquisite telling of the tale that matters here. This is a treasure.
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The lyrical prose and language of Away is its best and worst feature. Urquhart's rich, magical prose, especially in the novel's opening with Mary and her lover from the sea, is wonderful. However, the language is not enough to sustain interest. Urquhart's prose dilapitates into a passive, lazy drawl (which DOES NOT convincingly pass for style) as the "magical" parts tests the reader's patience. Disappointing.
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