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The Voices (Paperback)

by Susan Elderkin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 323 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial; New Ed edition (19 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841152021
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841152028
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 510,790 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'...deals with the entirely realistic and utterly fantastical with even-handedness...deeply satisfying work...'

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'Flashes of brilliance. Susan Elderkin's imagination is one of the few things that seems to flourish in the desert'

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Australian adventure without the 26hour flight, 14 Jul 2003
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This review is from: The Voices, The (Hardcover)
Reading this book on London's South Bank in my lunchtimes, I was transported everyday to the Kimberley region of Australia where this book is set. The heat, the Aussie blokes, the wild women, the traumatised kids and the spirits were all around me - but nothing like the Wind. The Wind is one of the main Voices in this book and to read it on a hot summer's day with the English wind whistling around me, it could have easily have been the Australian wind in this book talking and laughing with me.

The Voices is written from many points of view, I found it unlike anything I've read before. It's a story that you feel priviliged to be reading, to be part of. You feel like you are looking into many lives and they can't see you. It's like you are one of the Voices, a silent one.

In this day of the 'text-book written' novel, it is a rare thing to find a book like this. It is such an original reading experience.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Voices, 9 Jan 2006
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This is simply a cracking book. Elderkin creates amazing visual images through her prose that it forces you to pause, take a deep breath and wonder at her talent for painting such stark, beautiful and vast landscapes with so few words. My advice is to read it slowly, take your time to absorb every word because this is a book you won't want to end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Voices in my head, 7 Aug 2005
This review is from: The Voices, The (Hardcover)
"The Voices" is one of those little gems you so rarely find. It is both a mystical, atmospheric masterpiece and a heartbreaking character study of Billy Saint. I was captivated by Billy at first, but soon became engaged by the other interlocking stories. My favourite part is when Janelle is giving dog-tired, half-mad Billy ice skating lessons and he buys her some fairy floss in an inept gesture of gratitude. The novel is littered with small, meaningful events like that. If you enjoy this sort of novel, please read it. I'm the only person I know who has really loved this novel, but I can't be the only one to be touched by this tour de force, can I??? It's been over a year since I read it and I still can't get it out of my mind. These are strong voices, you must read what they have to say.
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