- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review (4 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755301021
- ISBN-13: 978-0755301027
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,982,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Telegraph
'Clark displays a rare sensitivity: she creates delicate emotional shades, and the rural sounds and smells of June...are startlingly fresh'
Vogue
'A haunting tale told in an original way'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had read some really great things about this book in various papers and magazines - quotes from which make up the blurb.
However, I was disappointed. There were too many similies, metaphors and other literary devices designed to enhance the language of the work, evoke images, create atmosphere etc which some of them did ( her acknowledgement of Seamus Heaney's 'Bog Queen' proves that she attempted to follow in the footsteps of a master). Most of the time, though, they just got in the way of the actual story which, when you got down to it, was relatively simple although interesting enough in itself to keep me reading, where otherwise I would have given up.
However, I was disappointed. There were too many similies, metaphors and other literary devices designed to enhance the language of the work, evoke images, create atmosphere etc which some of them did ( her acknowledgement of Seamus Heaney's 'Bog Queen' proves that she attempted to follow in the footsteps of a master). Most of the time, though, they just got in the way of the actual story which, when you got down to it, was relatively simple although interesting enough in itself to keep me reading, where otherwise I would have given up.
I have never read any of Clark's work before but have heard great things about her and am determined not to be put off by this novel. Recommended for holiday reading.
Format:Paperback
This is a complicated and labourious read. I only persevered because it was a book club title. It is cluttered and overwritten. Far to many adjectives, metaphors and dreadful similies.
Format:Paperback
This is a book worth persevering with. Written in three different present tenses, based around a town we actually learn very little about, this is a love story capable of captivating you until the last page. Clark has a light but beautiful touch and her characters' emotions are painfully real. I highly recommend it.
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