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The Raft (Hardcover)

by Arabella Edge (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Picador (7 April 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330418475
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330418478
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 737,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Arabella Edge - One not to hideaway!, 25 April 2006
By P. Denne (Mt Paul, Tasmania) - See all my reviews
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Arabella Edge shows a great maturity of style and technique well suited to the telling of the story inspired by the French painter Gericault of his investigation of the shipwreck of the Medusa off the coast of West Africa. It is a compelling story of the struggle for survival of 150 souls barely floating on a raft cast off by the remaining crew and passengers and left to fend for themselves. The historical accuracy of the time, knowledge and attention to detail are both informative and impressive. I look forward to Arabella's next novel!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cast away? Blown away, 9 Dec 2007
By possiblejersey (Wales) - See all my reviews
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What an epic! This is a compelling read. I read this in just two sittings. Not because it's short, but because I was engrossed. Like the protagonist Géricault, I was quickly obsessed with the shipwreck of the Medusa and with his attempt to capture its horrors on canvas. His many trysts with his "step-aunt" Alexandrine are also handled nicely. When this affair was unveiled very early on I thought that perhaps it would be to the detriment of the 'real' story, some overbearing romance that was included to 'sex up' things. I was wrong. Géricault's private life wasn't a distraction at all. Alexandrine wasn't some one-dimensional love interest. I enjoyed the scandal!

Edge's language is very poetic, too. It flows freely and only rarely did I stumble and have to re-read a sentence. If I had one criticism, and this is obviously a very subjective thing, I think that sometimes her metaphors and similes ran away with themselves. They sometimes became very ambiguous and difficult to pin down and picture. Another (again, slight) criticism I have is that this book isn't necessarily about the raft from the shipwreck of the Medusa; it's about the artist Géricault's attempt to paint it. There are very few 'first-hand' descriptions of what took place on the raft from the survivors whom Géricault talks to.

Beautiful book. Very enjoyable read. Four-and-a-half stars.
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